obdurate
IPA: ˈɑbdɝʌt
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To harden; to obdure.
adjective
- Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
- (obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened.
- Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.
Examples of "obdurate" in Sentences
- I am notoriously obdurate.
- You just enjoy being obdurate.
- I don't wish to be seen as obdurate.
- The greater number remained obdurate.
- Stop being obdurate and concede the point.
- It just seems like obdurate bloody mindedness to me.
- These policies are not weapons to destroy an obdurate editor.
- King Behanzin, his son and successor, was even more obdurate.
- Actually, there are some fairly obdurate myths about the London climate.