Tuesday word: Obdurate

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Tuesday, Jun. 20, 2023

Obdurate (adjective)
ob·du·rate [ob-doo-rit, -dyoo-]

adjective
1. unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
2. stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent: an obdurate sinner.

OTHER WORDS FROM OBDURATE
ob·du·rate·ly, adverb
ob·du·rate·ness, noun
un·ob·du·rate, adjective
un·ob·du·rate·ly, adverb
un·ob·du·rate·ness, noun

WORDS RELATED TO OBDURATE
adamant, bullhead, callous, cold fish, dogged, firm, fixed, hard, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, harsh, heartless, immovable, implacable, indurate, inexorable, inflexible, iron, mean

See synonyms for: obdurate / obdurately / obdurateness on Thesaurus.com
OTHER WORDS FOR OBDURATE
1. hard, obstinate, callous, unbending, inflexible
2. unregenerate, reprobate, shameless

OPPOSITES FOR OBDURATE
1. soft, tractable
2. humble, repentant

ORIGIN: 1400–50; late Middle English obdurat < Latin obduratus (past participle of obdurare to harden), equivalent to ob-ob- + dur(us) hard + -atus-ate

HOW TO USE OBDURATE IN A SENTENCE
Yet instead of scaling back their political ambitions in the face of an obdurate reality, they are escalating them.
ARE MODERATE REPUBLICANS USELESS? | DAVID FRUM | JANUARY 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

Supporters of the president will rally, but opponents of the president will become more obdurate.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO LEAD | DAVID FRUM | DECEMBER 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

It happened because of massive and obdurate resistance to reasonable change.
A LITTLE CHARLOTTE HISTORY | MICHAEL TOMASKY | SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

We tried to reason with him, but he became increasingly obdurate.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE ON THE DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS | RICHARD HOLBROOKE | DECEMBER 15, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

And is it possible that the Doa can be obdurate to such irresistible attractions?
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846 | VARIOUS