Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to
harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See
Dure.]
1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying
influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
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The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate
against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
--Hooker.
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Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel,
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
--Shak.
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2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. "Obdurate
consonants." --Swift.
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Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially
by the older poets.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
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Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn;
obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible;
unsusceptible.
Usage: Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. Callous denotes a
deadening of the sensibilities; as, a callous
conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled
disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and
sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an
active resistance of the heart and will aganst the
pleadings of compassion and humanity.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, v. t.
To harden. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
obdurate
adj 1: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: cussed, obstinate,
unrepentant]
2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the
child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
[syn: flinty, stony]
WordNet (r) 2.0
131 Moby Thesaurus words for "obdurate":
adamant, asleep, benumbed, bony, brazen, callous, calloused,
case-hardened, cement, cemental, cold, cold of heart, coldblooded,
coldhearted, concrete, conscienceless, corneous, dead, deadened,
dense, diamondlike, dogged, dour, dull, dure, firm, flinthearted,
flintlike, flinty, fundamentalist, granitelike, granitic, hard,
hard as nails, hard of heart, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hard-nosed,
hard-set, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, hidebound, horny,
immovable, impassible, impenitent, imperceptive, impercipient,
impliable, indurated, inexorable, inflexible, insensate,
insensible, insensitive, insentient, insolent, inured, iron,
iron-hard, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, ironlike, lapideous,
lithoid, lithoidal, lost to shame, marble, marblelike, mulish,
muscle-bound, numb, numbed, obstinate, obtuse, orthodox, osseous,
procrustean, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, relentless,
resistant, resistive, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous,
rockbound, rocklike, rocky, seared, shameless, solid, steellike,
steely, stiff, stiff-necked, stonelike, stony, stonyhearted,
straightlaced, straitlaced, stubborn, thick-skinned, thick-witted,
tough, unabject, unbending, unblushing, uncompassionate,
uncompromising, uncontrite, unemotional, unfeeling, unfelt,
unmelted, unmerciful, unnatural, unperceptive, unrelenting,
unrepentant, unrepenting, unresponsive, unsoftened, unsympathetic,
untouched, unyielding
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
cussed, flinty, obstinate, stony, unrepentant
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