Word of the Day 10.30.09

obdurate

ob·du·rate (bd-rt, -dy-)

adj.

1. a. Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent: “obdurate conscience of the old sinner” (Sir Walter Scott).

b. Hardened against feeling; hardhearted: an obdurate miser.

2. Not giving in to persuasion; intractable. See Synonyms at inflexible.

[Middle English `obdurat`, from Late Latin `obdrtus`, past participle of `obdrre`, to harden, from Latin, to be hard, endure : `ob-`, intensive pref.; see ob- + `drus`, hard; see `deru-` in Indo-European roots.]

obdu·rate·ly adv.

obdu·rate·ness n.

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Adj.

1. obdurate – stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

cussed, obstinate, unrepentant

unregenerated, unregenerate – not reformed morally or spiritually; “unregenerate human nature”; “unregenerate conservatism”

2. obdurate – showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; “his flinty gaze”; “the child’s misery would move even the most obdurate heart”

flint, granitic, stony, flinty

hardhearted, heartless – lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

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Word of the Day 10.30.09

obdurate

ob·du·rate (bd-rt, -dy-)

adj.

1.

a. Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent: “obdurate conscience of the old sinner” (Sir Walter Scott).

b. Hardened against feeling; hardhearted: an obdurate miser.

2. Not giving in to persuasion; intractable. See Synonyms at inflexible.

[Middle English `obdurat`, from Late Latin `obdrtus`, past participle of `obdrre`, to harden, from Latin, to be hard, endure : `ob-`, intensive pref.; see ob- + `drus`, hard; see `deru-` in Indo-European roots.]

obdu·rate·ly adv.

obdu·rate·ness n.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Adj.

1.

obdurate – stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

cussed, obstinate, unrepentant

unregenerated, unregenerate – not reformed morally or spiritually; “unregenerate human nature”; “unregenerate conservatism”

2.

obdurate – showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; “his flinty gaze”; “the child’s misery would move even the most obdurate heart”

flint, granitic, stony, flinty

hardhearted, heartless – lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

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adj.

1.

a. Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent: “obdurate conscience of the old sinner” (Sir Walter Scott).

b. Hardened against feeling; hardhearted: an obdurate miser.

2. Not giving in to persuasion; intractable. See Synonyms at inflexible.

[Middle English obdurat, from Late Latin obdrtus, past participle of obdrre, to harden, from Latin, to be hard, endure : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob- + drus, hard; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

obdu·rate·ly adv.

obdu·rate·ness n.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Adj.

1.

obdurate – stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

cussed, obstinate, unrepentant

unregenerated, unregenerate – not reformed morally or spiritually; “unregenerate human nature”; “unregenerate conservatism”

2.

obdurate – showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; “his flinty gaze”; “the child’s misery would move even the most obdurate heart”

flint, granitic, stony, flinty

hardhearted, heartless – lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

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ob·du·rate (bd-rt, -dy-)

[Middle English `obdurat`, from Late Latin `obdrtus`, past participle of `obdrre`, to harden, from Latin, to be hard, endure : `ob-`, intensive pref.; see ob- + `drus`, hard; see `deru-` in Indo-European roots.]