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Παρασκευή 3 Μαΐου 2013

WORD OF THE DAY STUBBORN

Thesaurus-Synonyms- STUBBORN

'stubborn' adjective showing an unwillingness to change your opinion or your course of action even when people try to persuade you to or when it seems reasonable to do so: He can be very stubborn when he doesn’t get his own way. * πεισματώδης,
πεισματάρης

[difficult] (informal) unco-operative and unhelpful: She’s not really against the plan, she’s just being difficult. * που χαρακτηρίζεται από δυσκολία, δύσκολος, που δεν διέπεται από πνεύμα συνεργασίας, μη
«συνεργάσιμος»

[dogged] showing an admirable determination to achieve something even if it takes a long time and many attempts: Their dogged persistence eventually paid off. * επίμονος, πεισματικός, με θαυμαστή προσήλωση στην επίτευξη του σκοπού

[intransigent] (formal) completely unwilling to change your mind about something: Senior party members remained intransigent in their opposition to any change in the constitution. * αδιάλλακτος

[obstinate] stubborn and usually unreasonable: Her obstinate refusal to accept a compromise made it impossible for us to reach an agreement. * πεισματάρης, πεισματικός και συνήθως παράλογος

[persistent] not stopping what you are doing, or doing the same thing over and over again, in order to achieve something, often in a way that is annoying: She was so persistent that in the end he had
to agree to see her. * επίμονος, εξακολουθητικός, έμμονος, ανυποχώρητος, ίσως σε βαθμό που ενοχλεί τους άλλους

[unco-operative] unwilling to help other people do or get what they want: The dispute could have been settled much sooner, if the unions hadn’t been so unco-operative. * που δεν διέπεται από πνεύμα συνεργασίας, μη «συνεργάσιμος»

taken from the BETSIS ELT DICTIONARY & THESAURUS

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