obdurate

Etymology
Mid-15th century, from, form of , from + , from. Compare,.

Pronunciation

 * Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.
 * Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.
 * Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.
 * Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.

Adjective

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

Synonyms

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

Translations

 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: hårdnakket
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: aindiúideach, dáigh, dígeanta, ceanndána, dolúbtha, righin, docht
 * Maori: hōkeke, taringa pākura, houkeke, kakī mārō, upoko mārō, taumārō
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hardnakket
 * Plautdietsch: baulstierich
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * French: dur comme un roc
 * German:
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To harden; to obdure.