obdurate

Meanings

Adjective

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
Physically hardened, toughened.
Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.

Verb

To harden; to obdure.

Related

Similar words

: hardened, hard-hearted, impertinent, intractable, unrepentant, unyielding, recalcitrant

Origin

Mid-15th century, from Latin obduratus ("hardened"), form of obdūrō, from ob- + dūrō, from durus. Compare durable, endure.

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