obdurate

ob·du·rate

O0005600 (ŏb′do͝o-rĭt, -dyo͝o-)adj.1. Not changing in response to argument or other influence; obstinate or intractable: "Everyone in the region has been obdurate in water negotiations with everyone else" (Marq de Villiers).2. a. Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent: "obdurate conscience of the old sinner" (Sir Walter Scott).b. Hardened against feeling; hardhearted: an obdurate miser.

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[Middle English obdurat, from Late Latin obdūrātus, past participle of obdūrāre, to harden, from Latin, to be hard, endure : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + dūrus, hard; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

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ob′du·rate·ly adv.ob′du·ra·cy (-do͝or-ə-sē, -dyo͝or-), ob′du·rate·ness n.

obdurate

(ˈɒbdjʊrɪt) adj1. not easily moved by feelings or supplication; hardhearted2. impervious to persuasion, esp to moral persuasion[C15: from Latin obdūrāre to make hard, from ob- (intensive) + dūrus hard; compare endure] ˈobduracy, ˈobdurateness n ˈobdurately adv

ob•du•rate

(ˈɒb dʊ rɪt, -dyʊ-)

adj. 1. unmoved by persuasion or pity; unyielding. 2. stubbornly resistant to moral influence; impenitent: an obdurate sinner. [1400–50; late Middle English obdurat < Latin obdūrāre to harden, be persistent =ob- ob- + dūrāre to harden, derivative of durus hard] ob′du•rate•ly, adv. ob′du•rate•ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	obdurate - stubbornly persistent in wrongdoingcussed, obstinate, unrepentantunregenerated, unregenerate - not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism"
	2.	obdurate - showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"flint, granitic, stony, flintyhardhearted, heartless - lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

obdurate

adjective obstinate, firm, dogged, determined, fixed, iron, persistent, relentless, adamant, stubborn, intractable, inflexible, wilful, unrelenting, tenacious, inexorable, implacable, steadfast, unyielding, intransigent, immovable, headstrong, strong-minded, unbending, stiff-necked, unshakeable or unshakable, refractory, pig-headed, mulish, contumacious, pertinacious, indurate (rare), proof against persuasion, unimpressible The administration have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.
yielding, flexible, compliant, amenable, submissive, malleable, pliant, tractable, biddable

obdurate

adjective1. Completely lacking in compassion:callous, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, compassionless, hard, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, stonyhearted, unfeeling.2. Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will:adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, relentless, remorseless, rigid, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding.Idiom: stubborn as a mule.

Translations

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