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obdurate
Meaning: stubbornly refusing to change one's mind
obdurate in a sentence
How obdurate is used in real sentences:
The obdurate ruler refused all advice from his ministers.
Despite the family's pleas, he remained obdurate.
“Meanwhile, an obdurate supervisor who had resisted every exception accepted the panel after seeing that unexplained discretion was inimical to public trust.”
— from the passage Waiting by Design
“An obdurate registrar refused to revise either category, even after three pilot counts produced incompatible maps.”
— from the passage Who Counts in Dockside
“When a senior censor demanded penalties commensurate with each documented offense, rather than collective punishment, Wei remained obdurate and refused to revise the indictments.”
— from the passage The Ledger Conspiracy
Also read it in: The House at Mallow End
Synonyms for obdurate
Other words for obdurate — unyielding, intransigent and obstinate — carry the same meaning.
- unyielding
- intransigent
- obstinate
Antonyms of obdurate
Words that mean the opposite of obdurate:
- compliant
- yielding
Where it comes from
From Latin ob- 'against' + durare 'to harden'
Word parts
- -ate — Makes verbs meaning to make or perform, or adjectives and nouns describing a state or role.
obdurate: ob- (against) + dur (hard) + -ate (made)
Memory hook
OBDURATE — OB-DUR-ate, hard against change.