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1. (adj.) obdurate
unmoved by persuasion or pity; unyielding.
2. obdurate
stubbornly resistant to moral influence; impenitent:
an obdurate sinner.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME obdurat < L obdūrāre to harden, be persistent =ob-ob-+dūrāre to harden, der. of durus hard)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
2. (adj) flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
"his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) obdurate
hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked
2. (adj) obdurate
hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable
3. (verb) obdurate
to harden
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