Word of the Day 05/10/23 Obdurate

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Obdurate (adjective)
ob·du·rate [ob-doo-rit, -dyoo-] (previously 09-15-13)

adjective
1. unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
2. stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent: an obdurate sinner.

OTHER WORDS FROM OBDURATE
ob·du·rate·ly, adverb
ob·du·rate·ness, noun
un·ob·du·rate, adjective
un·ob·du·rate·ly, adverb

WORDS RELATED TO OBDURATE
adamant, bullhead, callous, cold fish, dogged, firm, fixed, hard, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, harsh, heartless, immovable, implacable, indurate, inexorable, inflexible, iron, mean

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OTHER WORDS FOR OBDURATE
1. hard, obstinate, callous, unbending, inflexible.
2. unregenerate, reprobate, shameless.

OPPOSITES FOR OBDURATE
1. soft, tractable.
2. humble, repentant.

ORIGIN: 1400–50; late Middle English obdurat < Latin obdūrātus (past participle of obdūrāre to harden), equivalent to ob-ob- + dūr(us) hard + -ātus-ate

HOW TO USE OBDURATE IN A SENTENCE
Yet instead of scaling back their political ambitions in the face of an obdurate reality, they are escalating them.
ARE MODERATE REPUBLICANS USELESS?|DAVID FRUM|JANUARY 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Supporters of the president will rally, but opponents of the president will become more obdurate.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO LEAD|DAVID FRUM|DECEMBER 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST

It happened because of massive and obdurate resistance to reasonable change.
A LITTLE CHARLOTTE HISTORY|MICHAEL TOMASKY|SEPTEMBER 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST

We tried to reason with him, but he became increasingly obdurate.
RICHARD HOLBROOKE ON THE DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS|RICHARD HOLBROOKE|DECEMBER 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST

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