obdurate
obdurate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 32 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. "Obdurate consonants." Swift. Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. Cowper. -- Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. Callous denotes a deadening of the sensibilities; as. a callous conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an active resistance of the heart and will aganst the pleadings of compassion and humanity. -- Ob"du*rate*ly, adv. -- Ob"du*rate*ness, n.
- 2.To harden. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- callous
- firm
- hard
- impenitent
- inflexible
- insensible
- obstinate
- stubborn
- unbending
- unfeeling
- unsusceptible
- unyielding
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- benefit
- clergy
- conscience
- contrition
- die
- game
- graceless
- hard
- harden
- hardened
- hardness
- heart
- impenitence
- impenitent
- incorrigible
- induration
- irreclaimable
- irrepentance
- lack
- lost
- make
- obduracy
- recusant
- relentless
- remorseless
- seared
- sign
- steel
- the
- unregenerate
- without
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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