Obstinate Definition

Adjective: obstinate  ób-sti-nut

1. Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
   - stubborn, unregenerate
    
2. Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
   - cussed, obdurate, unrepentant
    
3. Resistant to guidance or discipline; tending to do the opposite of what is normal or wanted
   "an obstinate child with a violent temper";
   - contrary[2], perverse, wayward

1. Persist stubbornly
   "he obstinates himself against all rational arguments"