obdurate








adjective

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

adjective

  1. not easily moved by feelings or supplication; hardhearted
  2. impervious to persuasion, esp to moral persuasion

adj.mid-15c., “stubborn; hardened,” from Latin obduratus “hardened,” past participle of obdurare “be hard, hold out, persist, endure,” from ob “against” (see ob-) + durare “harden, render hard,” from durus “hard” (see endure). Related: Obdurately.

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