Sekirov Dictionary

obdurate

UK /ˈɒbdʒʊɹɪt/US /ˈɑbd(j)ʊɹɪt/

adjective 3
verb 1
forms 5

adjective3

•
Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
- […] sometimes the very custom of evil making the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary […] — 1594
•
Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.
- I fear the gentleman to whom Miss Amelia's letters were addressed was rather an obdurate critic. — 1847
•
(no longer used) Physically hardened, toughened.
- The past is obdurate for the same reason a turtle's shell is obdurate: because the living flesh inside is tender and defenseless. — 2011

verb1

(no longer used) To harden; to obdure.

forms

obdurated · obdurating · obdurates · more obdurate · most obdurate

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