obdurate adj

1 stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: cussed, obstinate, unrepentant]

2 showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, stony]

English

Pronunciation

• italbrac RP /ˈɒbdjʊrət/|/ˈɒbdjʊrɪt/
• italbrac US /ˈɑːbdjʊrɪt/|/ˈɑːbdʊrɪt/

Adjective

1. Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
   • 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,"The Revolt of Islam", canto 4, stanza 9, lines 1486-7,

     But custom maketh blind and obdurate

     The loftiest hearts.

2. Physically hardened, toughened.

Synonyms

• hardened, hard-hearted, impertinent, intractable, unrepentant, unyielding

Related terms

• durable
• endure
• enduring
• obduracy

Stubborn may refer to:

• HMS Stubborn (P238), an S class submarine
• Little Miss Stubborn, a character in the Little Miss series of books
• Stubborn Records, an independent record label

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