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Obdurate

Obdurate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Obdurate? [adj] showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [adj] stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing Synonyms \| Synonyms for Obdurate: cussed \| flinty \| hardhearted \| heartless \| obstinate \| stony \| unregenerate \| unregenerated \| unrepentant Related Terms \| Find terms related to Obdurate: adamant \| asleep \| benumbed \| bony \| brazen \| callous \| calloused \| case-hardened \| cement \| cemental \| cold \| cold of heart \| coldblooded \| coldhearted \| concrete \| conscienceless \| corneous \| dead \| deadened \| dense \| diamondlike \| dogged \| dour \| dull \| dure \| firm \| flinthearted \| flintlike \| flinty \| fundamentalist \| granitelike \| granitic \| hard \| hard as nails \| hard of heart \| hard-bitten \| hard-boiled \| hardened \| hardhearted \| hard-nosed \| hard-set \| heartless \| hidebound \| horny \| immovable \| impassible \| impenitent \| imperceptive \| impercipient \| impliable \| indurated \| inexorable \| inflexible \| insensate \| insensible \| insensitive \| insentient \| insolent \| inured \| iron \| ironbound \| ironclad \| ironhanded \| iron-hard \| ironlike \| lapideous \| lithoid \| lithoidal \| lost to shame \| marble \| marblelike \| mulish \| muscle-bound \| numb \| numbed \| obstinate \| obtuse \| orthodox \| osseous \| procrustean \| purist \| puristic \| puritan \| puritanic \| relentless \| resistant \| resistive \| rigid \| rigorist \| rigoristic \| rigorous \| rockbound \| rocklike \| rocky \| seared \| shameless \| solid \| steellike \| steely \| stiff \| stiff-necked \| stonelike \| stony \| stonyhearted \| straightlaced \| straitlaced \| stubborn \| thick-skinned \| thick-witted \| tough \| unabject \| unbending \| unblushing \| uncompassionate \| uncompromising \| uncontrite \| unemotional \| unfeeling \| unfelt \| unmelted \| unmerciful \| unnatural \| unperceptive \| unrelenting \| unrepentant \| unrepenting \| unresponsive \| unsoftened \| unsympathetic \| untouched \| unyielding See Also \| Obdurate In Webster's Dictionary \Ob"durate\, 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. The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary. --Hooker. Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth? --Shak. 2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. ``Obdurate consonants.'' --Swift. Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible. Usage: {Obdurate}, {Callous}, {Hardened}. Callous denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as. a callous conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an active resistance of the heart and will aganst the pleadings of compassion and humanity. -- {Ob"durately}, adv. -- {Ob"durateness}, n. \Ob"durate\, v. t. To harden. [Obs.]

Obdurate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obdurate?

[adj] showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
[adj] stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

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Obdurate In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate
         against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
                                               --Hooker.

         Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more
         than flint, for stone at rain relenteth? --Shak.

2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. ``Obdurate
   consonants.'' --Swift.

Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially
      by the older poets.

            There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
                                               --Cowper.

Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn;
     obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible;
     unsusceptible.

Usage: {Obdurate}, {Callous}, {Hardened}. Callous denotes a
       deadening of the sensibilities; as. a callous
       conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled
       disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and
       sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an
       active resistance of the heart and will aganst the
       pleadings of compassion and humanity. --
       {Ob"du*rate*ly}, adv. -- {Ob"du*rate*ness}, n.


\Ob"du*rate\, v. t.
To harden. [Obs.]

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