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obdurate

adjective

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
O
Ends with
E
Contains
BDURAT
Scrabble score
11
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Pronunciation

ˈɒbdʒʊɹɪt

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Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

    “his flinty gaze”

adjective

  1. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

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Example Sentences

his flinty gaze
the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

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