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obdurate
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ob·du·rate  (bd-rt, -dy-)
adj.
1.
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.
2. Not giving in to persuasion; intractable. See Synonyms at inflexible.

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

obdu·rate·ly adv.
obdu·rate·ness n.

obdurate [ˈɒbdjʊrɪt]
adj
1. not easily moved by feelings or supplication; hardhearted
2. impervious to persuasion, esp to moral persuasion
[from Latin obdūrāre to make hard, from ob- (intensive) + dūrus hard; compare endure]
obduracy , obdurateness n
obdurately  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.obdurate - stubbornly persistent in wrongdoingobdurate - stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
unregenerated, 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"
hardhearted, heartless - lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

obdurate
Translations
obdurate [ˈɒbdjʊrɪt] ADJ (= stubborn) → obstinado, terco; (= unyielding) → inflexible, firme
obdurate [ˈɒbdjʊrət] adj
[person] → obstiné(e)
to remain obdurate → s'obstiner
[refusal] → obstiné
obdurate
adj (= stubborn)hartnäckig; sinnerverstockt, halsstarrig; (= hard-hearted)unnachgiebig, unerbittlich
obdurate [ˈɒbdjʊrɪt] (frm) adj (unyielding) → irremovibile; (stubborn) → caparbio/a, pervicace; (hard-hearted) → insensibile


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