I tried everything I could think of to convince them to stop ruining their life, but they remained obdurate to the very end.
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Obdurate
//ˈɒbdʒʊɹɪt//
Synonyms for "obdurate" (189 found)
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Related words (94)
Adjective(12 words)
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6 entriesderived
4 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 17 languages.
Breton
1 entries- pennek adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Bulgarian
2 entries- закален adj (Physically hardened, toughened)
- закоравял adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Danish
1 entries- hårdnakket adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Dutch
4 entries- hardleers adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- keihard adj (Physically hardened, toughened)
- koppig adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- onverzettelijk adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Esperanto
1 entries- obstina adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Finnish
3 entries- itsepintainen adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- kovitettu adj (Physically hardened, toughened)
- lujitettu adj (Physically hardened, toughened)
French
3 entries- dur comme un roc adj (Physically hardened, toughened)
- opiniâtre adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- têtu adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
German
3 entries- hart adj (Physically hardened, toughened)
- hartnäckig adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- stur adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Greek
3 entries- άκαμπτος adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- πωρωμένος adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- σκληρόκαρδος adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Hungarian
2 entries- megrögzött adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- megátalkodott adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Irish
4 entries- aindiúideach adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- ceanndána adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- docht adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- dolúbtha adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Māori
4 entries- houkeke adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- hōkeke adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- kakī mārō adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- taringa pākura adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hardnakket adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- baulstierich adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Russian
3 entries- закалённый adj (Physically hardened, toughened)
- закосне́лый adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- упря́мый adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Spanish
2 entries- obdurado adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
- obduro adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Swedish
1 entries- hårdnackat adj (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
They called her obdurate, and indeed she was the most stubborn member of the opposition.
Source: tatoeba (10957309)
The researchers named the prehistoric animal Obdurodon, Greek for “lasting (obdurate) tooth,” because its teeth are unlike today’s platypus species.
Source: tatoeba (11244184)
[…] sometimes the very custom of evil making the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary […]
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