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obdurate

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ob·du·rate  (bd-rt, -dy-)
adj.
1.
a. Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent: "obdurate conscience of the old sinner" Sir Walter Scott.
b. Hardened against feeling; hardhearted: an obdurate miser.
2. Not giving in to persuasion; intractable. See Synonyms at inflexible.
[Middle English obdurat, from Late Latin obdrtus, past participle of obdrre, to harden, from Latin, to be hard, endure : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + drus, hard; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]
obdu·rate·ly adv.
obdu·rate·ness n.
obdurate
Adjective
not to be persuaded; hardhearted or obstinate [Latin obdurare to make hard]
obduracy n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.obdurateobdurate - stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
cussed, obstinate, unrepentant
unregenerated, unregenerate - not reformed morally or spiritually; "unregenerate human nature"; "unregenerate conservatism"
2.obdurate - showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
flint, granitic, stony, flinty
hardhearted, heartless - lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
Translations

obdurate [ˈɔbdjurɪt] adj (= stubborn) → terco, obstinado; [sinner] → empedernido (= unyielding); inflexible, firme
obdurate [ˈɔbdjurɪt] adj → obstiné(e) → impénitent(e); intraitable
obdurate [ˈɔbdjurɪt] adj → unnachgiebig
obdurate [ˈɔbdjurɪt] adj → testardo/a; incallito/a; ostinato/a, irremovibile


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They were greatly shocked--even the obdurate Heart of Sir Edward and the insensible one of Augusta, were touched with sorrow, by the unhappy tale.
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But at one part of the line there was a grim and obdurate group that made no movement.
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