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Meaning of OBDURATE

Pronunciation:  'âbdûrit

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
  2. [adj]  stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
 
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 Synonyms: cussed, flinty, hardhearted, heartless, obstinate, stony, unregenerate, unregenerated, unrepentant
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
             The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate
             against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
                                                   --Hooker.
             Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more
             than flint, for stone at rain relenteth? --Shak.
    2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. ``Obdurate
       consonants.'' --Swift.
    Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially
          by the older poets.
                There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
                                                   --Cowper.
    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. --
           {Ob"du*rate*ly}, adv. -- {Ob"du*rate*ness}, n.
    
  2. \Ob"du*rate\, v. t.
    To harden. [Obs.]
    
 
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