1. Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
   "Her obstinate refusal to compromise led to a stalemate";
   - stubborn, unregenerate
    
2. Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
   "His obstinate refusal to apologize only made the situation worse";
   - cussed [informal], obdurate, unrepentant, unrepenting
    
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"

Derived forms: obstinated, obstinates, obstinating

See also: bloody-minded [Brit], bolshie [Brit, informal], bolshy [Brit, informal], bullet-headed, bullheaded, cantankerous, contrarious, cross-grained, determined, disobedient, dogged, dour, down-the-line [informal], hardheaded, inflexible, intractable, mulish, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, stiff-necked, strong-minded, strong-willed, stroppy [Brit, informal], sturdy, tenacious, uncompromising, unregenerate, unregenerated, unyielding

Type of: hang in [informal], hang on, hold on, persevere, persist

Antonym: docile