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Definitions for obdurate
ˈɒb dʊ rɪt, -dyʊ-ob·du·rate
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Princeton's WordNet
cussed, obdurate, obstinate, unrepentantadjective
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stonyadjective
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
"his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
Wiktionary
obdurateadjective
Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
obdurateadjective
Physically hardened, toughened.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
OBDURATEadjective
Etymology: obduratus, Latin.
Oh! let me teach thee for thy father’s sake,
That gave thee life, when well he might have slain thee;
Be not obdurate, open thy deaf ears. William Shakespeare.If when you make your pray’rs,
God should be so obdurate as yourselves,
How would it fare with your departed souls? William Shakespeare.Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible;
Thou stern, obdurate, flinty, rough, remorseless. William Shakespeare.To convince the proud what signs avail,
Or wonders move th’ obdurate to relent;
They harden’d more, by what might more reclaim. John Milton.Obdurate as you are, oh! hear at least
My dying prayers, and grant my last request. Dryden.Sometimes the very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary. Richard Hooker.
A pleasing sorcery could charm
Pain for a while, or anguish, and excite
Fallacious hope, or arm th’ obdurate breast
With stubborn patience, as with triple steel. John Milton.No such thought ever strikes his marble, obdurate heart, but it presently flies off and rebounds from it. It is impossible for a man to be thorough-paced in ingratitude, till he has shook off all fetters of pity and compassion. South.
They joined the most obdurate consonants without one intervening vowel. Jonathan Swift.
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obdurate
Obdurate refers to someone who is stubbornly refusing to change their opinion or course of action, despite attempts to persuade them to do so. It can also refer to a person who is resistant to feelings of sympathy or compassion.
Webster Dictionary
Obdurateadjective
hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked
Obdurateadjective
hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable
Obdurateverb
to harden
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Obdurate
ob′dū-rāt, adj. hardened in heart or in feelings: difficult to influence, esp. in a moral sense: stubborn: harsh.—n. Ob′dūracy, state of being obdurate: invincible hardness of heart.—adv. Ob′dūrately.—ns. Ob′dūrateness, Obdūrā′tion.—adj. Obdūred′, hardened. [L. obdurāre, -ātum—ob, against, durāre, to harden—durus, hard.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obdurate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obdurate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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