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obdurate

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obdurate  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obdurate  \Ob"du*rate\,  v.  t. 
  To  harden.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  obdurate 
  adj  1:  stubbornly  persistent  in  wrongdoing  [syn:  {cussed},  {obstinate}, 
  {unrepentant}] 
  2:  showing  unfeeling  resistance  to  tender  feelings;  "the 
  child's  misery  would  move  even  the  most  obdurate  heart" 
  [syn:  {flinty},  {stony}]




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