Synonyms for Obdurate

Synonyms for "obdurate" (181 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Adjective(5 words)

obstinatebecome obstinatecallous cussed entrench

Adjective(1 words)

adamant asleep benumbed bony brassy brazen callous callousedcase hardenedcase-hardened cement cemental coldcold bloodedcold of heartcoldblooded coldhearted concrete conscienceless corneous

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dead deadened dense diamondlike disobedient dogged dogmatic dour dull dure

Verb(1 words)

deafened

Strong matches (54)

firm flinthearted flintlike flinty frigid fundamentalist granitelike granitic grim hardhard as nailshard of hearthard-bitten hard-boiled hard-nosed hard-set hardened hardhearted heartless hidebound

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Adjective(9 words)

flint flinty graniticgrow stiffharden hardhearted implacable incorrigible inflexible

Related words (90)

lapideous lithoid lithoidallost to shamemarble marblelike mulishmuscle boundmuscle-bound narrow numb numbed obstinate obtuse opinionated orthodox osseous persistent perverse positive

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Adjective(9 words)

ornery resist stiffen stonehearted stony stubborn unfeeling unrepentant unyielding

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

7 entries

attitude modificationcharacteristicemotional hardeningmental state changemoral traitpersonality traitstate change

More specific

10 entries

callousness dogged hardheartednessheart hardeninginhumanity intransigentmind hardeningobdurate heartobdurate minduncompromising

Collocations

8 entries

obdurate attitudeobdurate heartobdurate mindobdurate oppositionobdurate personalityobdurate refusalobdurate silenceobdurate stance

Inflections

5 entries

more obduratemost obdurateobdurated obdurates obdurating

Derivations

3 entries

obduracy obdurately obdurateness

similar

4 entries

hardhearted heartless unregenerate unregenerated

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I tried everything I could think of to convince them to stop ruining their life, but they remained obdurate to the very end.

Source: tatoeba (10640383)

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 […]

Source: wiktionary

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