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Webster 1913 Edition
Obdurate
Ob′du-rate
,Adj.
1.
Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
The very custom of evil makes the heart
obdurate
against whatsoever instructions to the contrary. Hooker.
Art thou
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
obdurate
, flinty, hard as steel,Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
Shakespeare
2.
Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.
“Obdurate consonants.” Swift.
☞ Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially by the older poets.
There is no flesh in man’s
obdurate
heart. Cowper.
Syn. – Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible.
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– 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
, Noun.
Ob′du-rate
,Verb.
T.
To harden.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Obdurate
OB'DURATE
,Adj.
1.
Hardened in heart; inflexibly hard; persisting obstinately in sin or impenitence.2.
Hardened against good or favor; stubborn; unyielding; inflexible.The custom of evil makes the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
3.
Harsh; rugged; as an obdurate consonant. [Little used.]OB'DURATE
,Verb.
T.