Obdurate
21obdurate — ob·du·rate || É‘bdÉ™jÊŠrÉ™t /É’bdÉ™ adj. stubborn; stiff necked …
22obdurate — [ ɒbdjʊrət] adjective stubbornly refusing to change one s opinion or course of action. Derivatives obduracy noun obdurately adverb obdurateness noun Origin ME (orig. in the sense impenitent ): from L. obduratus, past participle of obdurare, from… …
23obdurate — a. 1. Hard, harsh, rugged, rough. 2. Hardened, obstinate, firm, callous, unfeeling, stubborn, unyielding, dogged, pig headed, inflexible, inexorable, cantankerous, hardhearted, unbending, unsusceptible, insensible. 3. Depraved, graceless,… …
24obdurate — n 1. unyielding, unbending, inflexible, unmalleable; hard, obstinate, stubborn, willful, per vicacious; recalcitrant, intractable, immovable; bull headed, pigheaded, mulish; callous, hardened, unim pressible, uninfluenced, case hardened;… …
25obdurate — ob·du·rate …
26obdurate — UK [ˈɒbdjʊrət] / US [ˈɑbdərət] adjective very formal refusing to change your opinions or plans, in a way that does not seem reasonable Derived words: obduracy UK [ˈɒbdjʊrəsɪ] / US [ˈɑbdərəsɪ] noun uncountable obdurately adverb …
27obdurate — a. obstinate; hard hearted. ♦ obduracy, n …
28obdurate — adj. 1 stubborn. 2 hardened against persuasion or influence. Derivatives: obduracy n. obdurately adv. obdurateness n. Etymology: ME f. L obduratus past part. of obdurare (as OB , durare harden f. durus hard) …
29Obdurately — Obdurate Ob du*rate, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to harden; ob (see Ob )+ durare to harden, durus hard. See {Dure}.] 1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard hearted; stubbornly wicked. [1913… …
30Obdurateness — Obdurate Ob du*rate, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to harden; ob (see Ob )+ durare to harden, durus hard. See {Dure}.] 1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard hearted; stubbornly wicked. [1913… …
