By this hand thou, thinkeſt me as farre in the diuels booke, as thou and Falſtaffe, for obduracie and perſiſtancie, let the end trie the man, [...]
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Obduracy
//ˈɑbdʊɹəsi//
Synonyms for "obduracy" (40 found)
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16 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- закоравялост noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
Catalan
1 entries- obstinació noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
Dutch
1 entries- koppigheid noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
Finnish
2 entries- itsepintaisuus noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
- jääräpäisyys noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
French
2 entries- entêtement noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
- obstination noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
German
1 entries- Verstocktheit noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
Greek
3 entries- ισχυρογνωμοσύνη noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
- πώρωση noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
- σκληροκαρδία noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
Irish
1 entries- aindiúid noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
Polish
1 entries- upór noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
Portuguese
1 entries- obstinação noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
Russian
1 entries- упря́мство noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
Spanish
1 entries- obstinación noun (The state of being obdurate, intractable, or stubbornly inflexible)
Sample sentences
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It might also serve to condemn the obduracy and hard-heartedness of the Jews, who relented not, when even the earth trembled and the rocks rent.
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True mountain Liberty alone may heal The pain which Custom's obduracies bring.
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She snatched up a stick and hit Cora across the rump with it. The stick was rotten and broke, without having caused Cora to budge an inch. Exasperated at an image of obduracy, the old woman scrabbled up another stick and began whacking at Cora with it[.]
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