Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
English: stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate
Bahasa: gigih, tegar, tekak, berkeras, bandel, bengal, dakar, nekad
degilBahasa Indonesia
obstinate, adamant, adamantine, dogged, dour
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Adjective
Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason, she would have none of him"- W.Churchill
English: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent
Bahasa: tegar, berkeras, keras hati, keras kepala, tegar hati
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Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
English: froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful
Bahasa: keras kepala
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3 more adjective senses
Stubbornly unyielding
English: dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyielding
Bahasa: keras, teguh, kukuh, nekad
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Not given to gentleness or sentimentality
English: tough
Bahasa: kuat, berat, keras, tegas, kencang, teguh, liat, gagah
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Not tractable, difficult to manage or mold
English: intractable
Bahasa: keras kepala
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Verb
Persist stubbornly
English: obstinate
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