Obdurate

Word OBDURATE
Character 8
Hyphenation ob du rate
Pronunciations /-ət/

Definitions and meanings of "Obdurate"

What do we mean by obdurate?

Not changing in response to argument or other influence; obstinate or intractable. adjective

Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent. adjective

Hardened against feeling; hardhearted. adjective

To harden; confirm in resistance; make obdurate.

Hardened, especially against moral influences; wickedly resisting.

Hard-hearted; inexorable; unyielding; stubborn.

Inflexible; stiff; harsh.

Synonyms Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. These words all retain the original meaning of physical hardening, although it is obsolescent with obdurate. In the moral signification, the figure is most felt in the use of callous, which indicates sensibilities to right and wrong deadened by hard treatment, like callous flesh. Hardened is less definite, it being not always clear whether the person is viewed as made hard by circumstances or as having hardened himself against better influences and proper claims. Obdurate is the strongest, and implies most of determination and active resistance. See obstinate.

Unbending, unsusceptible, insensible.

To harden. transitive verb

Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked. adjective

Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. adjective

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent. adjective

Physically hardened, toughened. adjective

Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing adjective

Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings adjective

To harden; to obdure.

Stubborn person who will not admit to any errors. Not prone to feelings. Urban Dictionary

TGFbro's new clothing line. OBD. Fuck the media. Urban Dictionary

A stubbornly loyal person who lives in a city with a sucky team that always chokes.(Seattle) Urban Dictionary

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The word "obdurate" in example sentences

Geithner plainly has no patience for what he describes as the obdurate unwillingness of colleagues to subordinate their desire for superficial impact to the larger vision. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He also defended his seizure of white-owned farms, saying the program pitted the majority against the white minority he described as obdurate and backed by the British. ❋ Unknown (2002)

In their valuation of the distribution of grace, theologians distinguish somewhat sharply between ordinary sinners (among whom they include habitual and relapsing sinners) and those sinners whose intellect is blinded, and whose heart is hardened, the so-called obdurate sinners (obcaecati et indurati, impaenitentes). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

He thrilled even now at the recollection of the Hadendowas leaping and stabbing through the breach of McNeil's zareba six miles from Suakin; he recalled the obdurate defence of the Berkshires, the steadiness of the Marines, the rallying of the broken troops. ❋ Unknown (1906)

You won't hear American announcers call an "obdurate defense," a terrific pass a "rapier thrust" or a tying goal the "equalizer." ❋ By RICHARD SANDOMIR (2011)

She said the LRC was extremely proud of its achievements with the community that included a victory in the Constitutional Court, against "obdurate" opposition by government. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He also defended his seizure of white-owned farms, saying the program pitted the majority against an "obdurate" racial minority which he alleged was "supported and manipulated" by Blair. ❋ Unknown (2002)

George passed from life with the kind of obdurate resistance and strength of spirit with which he had lived. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Demonstrating the kind of obdurate thickness most commonly found in that foreign land known as Washington, Augusta County supervisors - five of them at least, the Gang of Six having been diminished by one - acted Wednesday in accordance with an inevitability predetermined by them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

'' obdurate '' position was allowing Pakistan†™ s militaristic constituency to up the ante and build up a hostile atmosphere at the expense of its peace-seeking civil society, undermining US goals in Afghanistan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The main plot depicts the courting of Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, and Katherina, the headstrong, obdurate, and eponymous shrew. ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2009)

Most recently, he had secured favorable terms with a Ferengi art merchant, and had also obtained a lucrative deal with the notoriously obdurate Ivvitrians. ❋ David R. George III (2011)

A strayed Indian from Lake Le Barge was willing to take his place; but Kama was obdurate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[The Republican Party] can be synonymous with the word obdurate. I was arguing politics with with Sam. He would not [back down] on the [birther] argument on Obama. Well, he is a republican. ❋ BF'ngC (2012)

obdurate ([OBD]) [merch] [drops] tomorrow. ❋ Tgffan (2017)

[Diane], being of obdurate nature, continued to [root for] her team even though they were 28 points behind in the last five minutes of [the 4th quarter]. ❋ Mdmhvonpa (2008)

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