Obdurate
11obdurate — adjective /ˈɒbdjʊrət,ˈɒbdjʊrɪt,ˈɑːbdjʊrɪt,ˈɑːbdʊrɪt/ Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent. But custom maketh blind and obdurate Syn: hardened, hard hearted, impertinent, intractable, unrepentant …
12obdurate — ob|du|rate [ˈɔbdjurıt US ˈa:bdu ] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of obdurare to harden ] very determined not to change your beliefs, actions, or feelings, in a way that seems unreasonable = ↑stubborn ▪ They argued …
13obdurate — adjective formal unreasonably determined not to change your beliefs or feelings; stubborn: She remained obdurate despite their pleas. obdurately adverb …
14obdurate — adjective the brass were also obdurate in their opposition to having women in any combat positions Syn: stubborn, obstinate, intransigent, inflexible, unyielding, unbending, pigheaded, bullheaded, mulish, stiff necked; headstrong, unshakable,… …
15obdurate — ob•du•rate [[t]ˈɒb dʊ rɪt, dyʊ [/t]] adj. 1) unmoved by persuasion or pity; unyielding 2) stubbornly resistant to moral influence; impenitent: an obdurate sinner[/ex] • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME obdurat < L obdūrāre to harden, be persistent …
16obdurate — /ˈɒbdʒərət / (say objuhruht) adjective 1. hardened against persuasions or tender feelings; hard hearted. 2. hardened against moral influence; persistently impenitent: an obdurate sinner. {Middle English, from Latin obdūrātus, past participle,… …
17obdurate — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare to harden, from ob against + durus hard more at during Date: 15th century 1. a. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing b. hardened in feelings 2. resistant to… …
18obdurate — Synonyms and related words: adamant, asleep, benumbed, bony, brazen, callous, calloused, case hardened, cement, cemental, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded, coldhearted, concrete, conscienceless, corneous, dead, deadened, dense, diamondlike,… …
19obdurate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. flinty, adamant, unyielding, inflexible; stubborn, adamantine, hardened, unshakable, unfeeling, hardhearted; firm. See impenitence, obstinacy.Ant., obedient, bending. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn.… …
20obdurate — ob|du|rate [ abdərət ] adjective VERY FORMAL refusing to change your opinions or plans, in a way that does not seem reasonable ╾ ob|du|rate|ly adverb …
