English-Thai Dictionary

obdurate

ADJ ดื้อ  ไม่เชื่อฟัง  stubborn obstinate yielding tractable due

 

obdurate

ADJ ใจแข็ง  ไม่เปลี่ยนใจ  ไม่ เอนเอียง  unyielding unshakeable changeful jai-kang

 

obdurately

ADV อย่าง ดื้อรั้น  obstinately yang-due-ran

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBDURATE

a.[L. obduro, to harden; ob and duro.] 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. ]

 

OBDURATE

v.t.To harden. [Not used. ]

 

OBDURATELY

adv. Stubbornly; inflexibly; with obstinate impenitence.

 

OBDURATENESS

n.Stubbornness; inflexible persistence in sin.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OBDURATE

Ob "du *rate, a. Etym: [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to harden; ob (see Ob- )+ durare to harden, durus hard. See Dure. ]

 

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 obdurate, flinty, hard as steel, Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth Shak.

 

2. 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.

 

Syn. -- Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible; unsusceptible. -- 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.

 

OBDURATE

OBDURATE Ob "du *rate, v. t.

 

Defn: To harden. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

obdurate

ob du rate |ˈäbd (y )ərit ˈɑbd (j )ərət | ▶adjective stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action. DERIVATIVES ob du ra cy |-rəsē |noun, ob du rate ly adverb, ob du rate ness noun ORIGIN late 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 ’).

 

Oxford Dictionary

obdurate

obdurate |ˈɒbdjʊrət | ▶adjective stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action: I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate. DERIVATIVES obduracy noun, obdurately adverb, obdurateness noun ORIGIN late 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 ’).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

obdurate

obdurate adjective the brass were also obdurate in their opposition to having women in any combat positions: stubborn, obstinate, intransigent, inflexible, unyielding, unbending, pigheaded, bullheaded, mulish, stiff-necked; headstrong, unshakable, intractable, unpersuadable, immovable, inexorable, uncompromising, iron-willed, adamant, firm, determined. ANTONYMS malleable, tractable. WORD NOTE obdurate Obdurate is a member of that select company of left-handed words that sound better than what they actually mean —highly useful. It fits nicely into the classic tripartite sentence of comparison: "I'm uncompromising; you're obdurate; he's pigheaded. " — EM Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See stubborn . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

obdurate

obdurate adjective I argued with him but he was obdurate. See stubborn (sense 1 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

obdurate

ob du rate /ɑ́bd j ʊrət |ɔ́b -/形容詞 ｟かたく ｠頑固な, 硬骨な, 融通のきかない (stubborn ).～ly 副詞 かたくなに .