obdurate (redirected from obdurateness)

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.

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[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.]

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obdu·rate·ly adv.

obdu·rate·ness n.

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obdurate

Adjective

not to be persuaded; hardhearted or obstinate [Latin obdurare to make hard]

obduracy n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	obdurate - stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing cussed, obstinate, unrepentant 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" flint, granitic, stony, flinty hardhearted, heartless - lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

Translations

obdurate [ˈɔbdjurɪt] adj (= stubborn) → terco, obstinado; [sinner] → empedernido (= unyielding); inflexible, firme

obdurate [ˈɔbdjurɪt] adj → obstiné(e) → impénitent(e); intraitable

obdurate [ˈɔbdjurɪt] adj → unnachgiebig

obdurate [ˈɔbdjurɪt] adj → testardo/a; incallito/a; ostinato/a, irremovibile