obdurate English

Meaning obdurate meaning

What does obdurate mean?

obdurate

— adjective (= cussed) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

— adjective (= flinty) showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings his flinty gaze the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

Synonyms obdurate synonyms

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obdurate English » English

obstinate

stubborn

unyielding

disobedient

wilful

unrepentant

inflexible

headstrong

flinty

unfeeling

stony

stiff

rocky

relentless

intractable

inexorable

granitic

flint

cussed

unshakeable

unruly

unregenerated

unregenerate

unmanageable

uncompromising

unbending

stubborn as a mule

strong

stone

stiff-necked

stiff necked

steely

stark

self-willed

ruthless

rigid

reprobate

refractory

recalcitrant

rebellious

rabid

pitiless

pigheaded

pig-headed

perverse

persistent

not agreeing

mulish

merciless

inveterate

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Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Determined

• What words describe a person who is determined?
  determined adamant committed driven hard headed inexorable inflexible obdurate persevering pertinacious single-minded steadfast strong-willed stubborn tenacious uncompromising

Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Stubborn

• What words describe someone who is stubborn?
  stubborn adamant bull-headed conservative dogged enduring hardened hardheaded headstrong immovable impenitent incorrigible indomitable inflexible intractable mulish obdurate obstinate persistent pig-headed recalcitrant relentless stiff-necked strong-willed stubborn as stubborn as a mule tenacious unbending uncompromising ungovernable unmanageable unrepentant unyielding willful