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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Obstinate

/äb'stənət/ · Ob·sti·nate · IPA /ˈɑb.stə.nət/
01 a. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertina…
  1. 1.
    Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness.
    “I have known great cures done by obstinate resolution of drinking no wine.” — Sir W. Temple.
    “No ass so meek, no ass so obstinate.” — Pope.
    “Of sense and outward things.” — Wordsworth.
  2. 2.
    Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.
Syn. Stubborn; inflexible; immovable; firm; pertinacious; persistent; headstrong; opinionated; unyielding; refractory; contumacious. See Stubborn.