adamant [ǽdəmənt] (11) a formal 絶対に譲らない (that節)
adamant implies utter immovability in the face of all temptation or entreaty <adamant that the work should continue>. (Merriam-Webster )
「どんな誘惑、懇願に対しても動じない」
defiant [difáiənt] (10) a 反抗的な
openly refusing to obey somebody/something, sometimes in an aggressive way
a defiant teenager
The terrorists sent a defiant message to the government. (Oxford Advanced Learner's
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「公然と従うことを拒絶する、時に攻撃的に」
headstrong [hɛ́dstrɔ̀ŋ] (14) a 強情な
One who is headstrong is often foolishly, and sometimes violently, self-willed: reckless and headstrong youths. (Random House )
「しばしば愚かに、時に暴力的に、強情な」
intractable [ìntrǽktəbl] (11) a (人が)強情な、(問題などが)扱いにくい
Intractable suggests in persons a determined resistance to all attempts to guide or direct them, in things a refusal to respond to attempts to shape, improve, or modify them: an intractable social rebel; a seemingly intractable problem in logistics. (Random House )
「(人が)どんな指導や指図にも抵抗すると決めている、(物が)形成、改良、修正に従うことを拒絶する」
intransigent [intrǽnsədʒənt] (23) a formal (不合理なまでに)非妥協的な
unwilling to change your ideas or behaviour, in a way that seems unreasonable SYN stubborn:
▪ an intransigent attitude (Longman
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「不合理に思えるようなやりかたで、自分の考えや行動を変えようとしない」
obdurate [ɑ́bdjurət] (25) a formal (無慈悲に)頑固な
obdurate stresses hardness of heart and insensitivity to appeals for mercy or the influence of divine grace <obdurate in his refusal to grant clemency>. (Merriam-Webster )
「冷淡で、慈悲の要求や神のあわれみの力に動かされない」
obstinate [ɑ́bstənət] (7) a (不合理に)強情な
obstinate implies usually an unreasonable persistence <an obstinate proponent of conspiracy theories>. (Merriam-Webster )
「通常、不合理に固執する」