What does obdurate mean in English? Meaning of obdurate definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "obdurate": stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Adjective
Meaning: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoingSynonyms: cussed
obdurate
obstinate
unrepentantSimilar: unregenerate
unregeneratedPronunciation in US: /ˈɑːbdjʊrɪt/, /ˈɑːbdʊrɪt/
Meaning of "obdurate": showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
Adjective
Meaning: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelingsExample: his flinty gaze
the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heartSynonyms: flint
flinty
granitic
obdurate
stonySimilar: hardhearted
heartlessPronunciation in US: /ˈɑːbdjʊrɪt/, /ˈɑːbdʊrɪt/
Adjective: Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent. Hooker The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary. Shakespeare Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, / Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth? 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 4, stanza 9, lines 1486-7: But custom maketh blind and obdurate The loftiest hearts. 2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, BBC: An injury-time goal from Nikola Zigic against an obdurate Stoke side gave Birmingham back-to back Premier League wins for the first time in 14 months.Hooker The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.Shakespeare Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, / Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 4, stanza 9, lines 1486-7: But custom maketh blind and obdurate The loftiest hearts.2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, BBC: An injury-time goal from Nikola Zigic against an obdurate Stoke side gave Birmingham back-to back Premier League wins for the first time in 14 months.(obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened.Synonyms:
adamant, callous, dogged, firm, fixed, hard, hard-boiled, hard-nosed, harsh, heartless, immovable, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, iron, mean, mulish, obstinate, perverse, relentless, rigid, thick-skinned, tough, unbending, uncompromising, uncooperative, unemotional, unfeeling, unrelenting, unshakable, unsympathetic, unyielding, indurate, uncompassionate, cold fish, bullhead, hanging tough, hard-hearted, set in stone, stiff-necked, tough nut to crack, unimpressible,
Antonyms:
submissive, susceptible, amenable, gentle, yielding,
