adjective · rare

obdurate

obdurate · more obdurate · most obdurate

упрямый, закоснелый

stur, hartnäckig

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoingStubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.

UK/ˈɒbdʒʊɹɪt/US/ˈɑbd(j)ʊɹɪt/

» They called her obdurate, and indeed she was the most stubborn member of the opposition.

Meaning

3 senses

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
stur, hartnäckig
упря́мыйuprjámyj, закосне́лыйzakosnélyj
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.
(obsolete)Physically hardened, toughened.
hart
закалённыйzakaljónnyj

Examples

2 sentences

They called her obdurate, and indeed she was the most stubborn member of the opposition.
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The researchers named the prehistoric animal Obdurodon, Greek for “lasting (obdurate) tooth,” because its teeth are unlike today’s platypus species.
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent:

Physically hardened, toughened:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent:

Physically hardened, toughened:

Origin

First attested in the 1450s, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English obdurat(e),

First attested in the 1450s, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English obdurat(e), borrowed from Latin obdūrātus (“hardened”), perfect passive participle of obdūrō (“to harden”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ob- (“against”) + dūrō (“to harden, render hard”), from dūrus (“hard”). Compare durable, endure.

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