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Definition of obdurate in English: obdurateadjective ˈɒbdjʊrətˈɑbd(j)ərət Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. 执拗的；刚愎自用的 I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate Example sentencesExamples - That will be grist to McGeechan's mill after an afternoon in which his side struggled to wear down obdurate but limited opponents.
- No one but the most obdurate can fail to acknowledge that the main political problem that has convulsed this beautiful State is still a long way from being resolved.
- Meanwhile, time alone probably will not have unevolved the obdurate and ancient instinct that all humans bear.
- His image as an obdurate hardman culminated in the notorious case where he bit reporter Frank Oliver's nose.
- But I think it saddened him to see people obdurate, unwilling to let go of doctrinaire positions instead of facing issues on their merits.
- Its best to get in reasonably early as it can be fiendishly difficult to get into, and the doorstaff can be unyielding and obdurate, despite your silver-tongued attempts to gain access.
- This was Australia at their obdurate best, probing for every run and every sign of weakness, inching towards respectability and a dangerously competitive total on a pitch of uneven bounce.
- They are, after all, award-winning teachers, however obdurate a pupil the federal government is proving.
- The husband looked up from poking the washing machine with his screwdriver to suggest I was being obdurate.
- In favouring the obdurate option, United cramped Celtic for room and impressively limited their effectiveness.
- There is no doubting their commitment, however, and they will continue to offer obdurate opposition for the rest of the challengers.
- But for all his reputation as a pragmatist, there's a steely and obdurate side to him that comes to the surface every so often.
- The Egyptian polity, remarkably obdurate for the past quarter of a century and deeply rooted in authoritarian structures established more than 50 years ago, is apparently coming apart at the seams.
- One Cape Town newspaper headline screamed: ‘Just say yes, Mr President’ but Mbeki remained obdurate.
- Two minutes into second half the visitors' obdurate defence finally cracked, for the first time in 280 minutes.
- But with Liverpool likely to field a weakened team to face an obdurate Burnley side buoyed by back-to-back wins and clean sheets, it may not be such a foregone conclusion.
- As decreed by what was called the Holy Office at that time, the dwellers in Hell included those it had condemned for obdurate heresy.
- I perhaps sound like an obdurate woman lacking the maternal instincts worthy of such a precious gift as a child but nothing could be further from the truth.
- Those fields didn't miraculously appear there - they were lovingly hewn from the obdurate landscape by men like Willie Corduff and his ancestors.
- Over the next few weeks, Rosemary discovered that several other people had planned to open small shops in Camembert, only to give up after encountering obdurate bureaucracy.
Synonyms obstinate, stubborn as a mule, mulish, headstrong, wilful, strong-willed, self-willed, pig-headed, bull-headed, awkward, difficult, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, unbending, inflexible, intransigent, implacable, pig-headed, bull-headed, mulish, stiff-necked, headstrong, wilful, unshakeable, unmalleable, intractable, unpersuadable, unrelenting, relentless, immovable, inexorable, uncompromising, hard, stony, iron, iron-willed, adamant, firm, fixed, determined
Derivativesnoun ˈɒbdjʊrəsiˈɑbd(j)ərəsi That despite the obduracy of male politicians with regard to the Women's Bill in Parliament, more women are visible in the political spectrum and in the run up to the forthcoming general elections. Example sentencesExamples - I am incensed that the council appears to be issuing a written policy that eliminates any opportunity for discretion and reasonable judgement, and promotes institutional obduracy.
- For left-liberals and conservatives alike, political beliefs derive much of their obduracy from being rooted in morality and self-concept.
- The obduracy and obstinacy of human beings is what enables them to fight for their countries, repel invaders and maintain their solidarity.
- He celebrated the larrikin streak in the Australian soul, the irreverence, the hedonism and physicality and of course the bloody-minded stoicism, obduracy and deviousness.
adverb ˈɒbdjʊrətliˈɑbd(j)ərətli All I saw were a lot of disgruntled consumers and, through the windows of obdurately closed stores, a few shop workers taking the opportunity to re-stock the shelves. Example sentencesExamples - In the meantime, liberal capitalist societies have obdurately refused to implode but instead churn out for their increasingly wealthy citizens an abundance of goods and opportunities.
- After a lengthy discussion, the tribunal defined the term as ‘a person obdurately marked by stubbornness or stolidity who tries to frustrate another’, and ruled that it was not offensive.
- He has since campaigned obdurately against the Government's ‘elitism’ in health and education, in defiance of the facts.
- ‘I'm not hungry,’ snapped Thao, staring obdurately at her knees.
noun These physical deviations were connected to the spiritual defects of blind literalism and obdurateness. Example sentencesExamples - Consumer spending remains depressed, he added, thanks to Bundesbank obdurateness about interest rates.
- His arrogance, obdurateness and self-righteousness throughout his career isolated him to such a degree that, when the accusations began to fly, nobody jumped up to run to his aid.
OriginLate Middle English (originally in the sense 'hardened in sin, impenitent'): from Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare, from ob- 'in opposition' + durare 'harden' (from durus 'hard'). durable from Middle English: This came via Old French from Latin durabilis, from durare ‘to last, harden’. Obdurate (Late Middle English) comes from the same root.
Definition of obdurate in US English: obdurateadjectiveˈäbd(y)ərətˈɑbd(j)ərət Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. 执拗的；刚愎自用的 I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate Example sentencesExamples - One Cape Town newspaper headline screamed: ‘Just say yes, Mr President’ but Mbeki remained obdurate.
- I perhaps sound like an obdurate woman lacking the maternal instincts worthy of such a precious gift as a child but nothing could be further from the truth.
- This was Australia at their obdurate best, probing for every run and every sign of weakness, inching towards respectability and a dangerously competitive total on a pitch of uneven bounce.
- They are, after all, award-winning teachers, however obdurate a pupil the federal government is proving.
- There is no doubting their commitment, however, and they will continue to offer obdurate opposition for the rest of the challengers.
- But with Liverpool likely to field a weakened team to face an obdurate Burnley side buoyed by back-to-back wins and clean sheets, it may not be such a foregone conclusion.
- As decreed by what was called the Holy Office at that time, the dwellers in Hell included those it had condemned for obdurate heresy.
- But for all his reputation as a pragmatist, there's a steely and obdurate side to him that comes to the surface every so often.
- No one but the most obdurate can fail to acknowledge that the main political problem that has convulsed this beautiful State is still a long way from being resolved.
- His image as an obdurate hardman culminated in the notorious case where he bit reporter Frank Oliver's nose.
- Its best to get in reasonably early as it can be fiendishly difficult to get into, and the doorstaff can be unyielding and obdurate, despite your silver-tongued attempts to gain access.
- The Egyptian polity, remarkably obdurate for the past quarter of a century and deeply rooted in authoritarian structures established more than 50 years ago, is apparently coming apart at the seams.
- In favouring the obdurate option, United cramped Celtic for room and impressively limited their effectiveness.
- Over the next few weeks, Rosemary discovered that several other people had planned to open small shops in Camembert, only to give up after encountering obdurate bureaucracy.
- That will be grist to McGeechan's mill after an afternoon in which his side struggled to wear down obdurate but limited opponents.
- The husband looked up from poking the washing machine with his screwdriver to suggest I was being obdurate.
- Meanwhile, time alone probably will not have unevolved the obdurate and ancient instinct that all humans bear.
- But I think it saddened him to see people obdurate, unwilling to let go of doctrinaire positions instead of facing issues on their merits.
- Those fields didn't miraculously appear there - they were lovingly hewn from the obdurate landscape by men like Willie Corduff and his ancestors.
- Two minutes into second half the visitors' obdurate defence finally cracked, for the first time in 280 minutes.
Synonyms obstinate, stubborn as a mule, mulish, headstrong, wilful, strong-willed, self-willed, pig-headed, bull-headed, awkward, difficult, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, unbending, inflexible, intransigent, implacable, pig-headed, bull-headed, mulish, stiff-necked, headstrong, wilful, unshakeable, unmalleable, intractable, unpersuadable, unrelenting, relentless, immovable, inexorable, uncompromising, hard, stony, iron, iron-willed, adamant, firm, fixed, determined
OriginLate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘hardened in sin, impenitent’): from Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare, from ob- ‘in opposition’ + durare ‘harden’ (from durus ‘hard’). |