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Meanings of obdurate in English

Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing.

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Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.

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Examples for "obstinate"
1
In fact, at the time, I thought he was simply being obstinate.
Death at La Fenice
2
The contest was obstinate, and terminated in the death of the challenger.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
3
She was not wilful; she was not obstinate; she gave him affection.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
4
Now they thought her obstinate refusal was a result of Scobie's influence.
The new yorker
5
On this issue the dispute in the convention was obstinate and irreconcilable.
The Negro and the Nation / A History of American Slavery and Enf...
1
An unrepentant Ginsberg maintained to the end that state censorship degrades democracy.
Wired
2
But asked whether invading Iraq was a mistake Blair was strikingly unrepentant.
The Guardian
3
He was unrepentant, and ended up 'evading justice' over the fatal accident.
The South African
4
An unrepentant Andre Slade shows journalists why blacks and whites are different.
The South African
5
In the aftermath of the competition in Germany, Pettersen was utterly unrepentant.
The Guardian
1
Then the cussed place ran out the moment the money was paid.
John Caldigate
2
I've been cussed from one end of the trip to the other.
A Man of Samples. Something about the men he met "On the Road"
3
I laid back and cussed and kicked till I saw blood, certain.
The Great Salt Lake Trail
4
He then flew into a rage, and cussed me and my judgment.
Twenty Years of Hus'ling
5
Every cussed bit of influence is going to be used against you.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
Usage of obdurate in English
1
The governor was obdurate in his decision to stick in the race.
The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt
2
But the French Court was obdurate; it would not furnish a penny.
Pioneers in Canada
3
She changes her mind; she is willing where before she was obdurate.
Clementina
4
But her villa looks very dark; its closed windows are very obdurate.
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
5
The surface of his paintings is wall-like in itself: solid, obdurate, opaque.
The Guardian
6
The Counsellors were admitted, but the Queen was as obdurate as ever.
Stray Pearls: Memoirs of Margaret De Ribaumont, Viscountess of B...
7
The Winnebagos saw him in a new mood to-day, stern, inflexible, obdurate.
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winn...
8
Mr. Farleigh remained a gray, faintly glistening, obdurate oak made of stone.
The Pinhoe Egg
9
Purposely he hesitated and haggled over the amount, but Paulvitch was obdurate.
The Beasts of Tarzan
10
The master appeared obdurate, and we had gone too far to recede.
A Righte Merrie Christmasse: The Story of Christ-Tide
11
There is the obdurate emptiness of dreams, whose lights are only imaginary.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
12
Inasmuch as she was obdurate, the king ordered her to be executed.
Buddhism and Buddhists in China
13
The Lieutenant endeavoured to persuade him to surrender, but he was obdurate.
Six Months at the Cape
14
Sadly and silently I turned from that obdurate man and walked forward.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 / Negligible Tal...
15
A little lever that had hitherto been obdurate now confessed itself mobile.
The War in the Air
16
By moving exhortations to virtue, she softened and converted several obdurate sinners.
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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