obdurate
Adjective Satellite
- stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
- "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
Adj
- Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
- Physically hardened, toughened.
- Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.
Verb
- To harden; to obdure.
Adjective
- Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.
Examples
- He was OBDURATE in his strategy, even when it meant holding onto low-point letters.
Origin / Etymology
Mid-15th century, from Latin obduratus (“hardened”), form of obdūrō (“harden”), from ob- (“against”) + dūrō (“harden, render hard”), from durus (“hard”). Compare durable, endure.
Synonyms
cussed, flint, flinty, granitic, obstinate, stony, unrepentant, hard-hearted, hardened, impertinent, intractable, obdure, recalcitrant, unyielding
Scrabble Score: 11
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