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obdurate

[ ob-doo-rit, -dyoo- ]
/ ˈɒb dʊ rɪt, -dyʊ- /
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adjective
unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent: an obdurate sinner.
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Origin of obdurate

1400–50; late Middle English obdurat<Latin obdūrātus (past participle of obdūrāre to harden), equivalent to ob-ob- + dūr(us) hard + -ātus-ate1

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Words nearby obdurate

obcuneate, obdt., obduce, obduction, obduracy, obdurate, O.B.E., obeah, O beautiful for spacious skies, obeche, obedience
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Words related to obdurate

adamant, bullhead, callous, cold fish, dogged, firm, fixed, hard, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, harsh, heartless, immovable, implacable, indurate, inexorable, inflexible, iron, mean

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British Dictionary definitions for obdurate

obdurate
/ (ˈɒbdjʊrɪt) /
adjective
not easily moved by feelings or supplication; hardhearted
impervious to persuasion, esp to moral persuasion

Derived forms of obdurate

obduracy or obdurateness, nounobdurately, adverb

Word Origin for obdurate

C15: from Latin obdūrāre to make hard, from ob- (intensive) + dūrus hard; compare endure
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