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OBDURATE

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Example:

the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

Synonyms:

flint; flinty; granitic; obdurate; stony

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

hardhearted; heartless (lacking in feeling or pity or warmth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Synonyms:

cussed; obdurate; obstinate; unrepentant

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

unregenerate; unregenerated (not reformed morally or spiritually)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb obdurate

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