Obdurate — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɑːbdʒɚɹət/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɒbdjʊəɹət/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɒbdjʊəɹət/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈɑːbdʒɚɹət/.

Examples

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

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

flinty unrepentant stony cussed granitic flint obstinate

Parts of Speech

adjective	stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
adjective	showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings “his flinty gaze”

Word Forms

cussedness	noun	meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
granite	noun	something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)
stone	noun	the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verstockt

hartnäckig beharrlich im Fehlverhalten

🇫🇷French

inflexible

obstinément persistant dans les actes répréhensibles

🇪🇸Spanish

obstinado

obstinadamente persistente en las malas acciones

🇮🇹Italian

ostinato

ostinatamente persistente nel commettere errori

🇳🇱Dutch

verhard

koppig volhardend in wangedrag

🇵🇹Portuguese

obstinado

teimosamente persistente em transgressões

🇷🇺Russian

упрямый

упрямо упорствующий в проступках

India

🇮🇳Hindi

हठी

गलत काम में हठपूर्वक लगे रहना

🇧🇩Bengali

দৃঢ়

একগুঁয়েভাবে অন্যায়ে অবিচল

🇮🇳Tamil

மந்தமான

தவறு செய்வதில் பிடிவாதமாக விடாப்பிடியாக

🇮🇳Telugu

మొద్దుబారిన

తప్పు చేయడంలో మొండి పట్టుదల

🇮🇳Marathi

कठोर

जिद्दीने चुकीच्या कृत्यांमध्ये कायम

🇮🇳Gujarati

જડ

ખોટા કાર્યોમાં હઠીલાપણે સતત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಬ್ಬುಗೊಳಿಸು

ತಪ್ಪು ಮಾಡುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊಂಡುತನದಿಂದ ನಿರಂತರ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഒബ്ഡ്യൂറേറ്റ്

ദുഷ്പ്രവൃത്തിയിൽ ശാഠ്യത്തോടെ സ്ഥിരത പുലർത്തുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਠੋਰ

ਜ਼ਿੱਦੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਗਲਤ ਕੰਮਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਿਰੰਤਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

ضدی

غلط کاموں میں ضدی طور پر قائم رہنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

顽固的

顽固地坚持做错事

🇯🇵Japanese

頑固な

悪事を頑固に続ける

🇰🇷Korean

완고한

고집스럽게 악행을 저지르다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngoan cố

ngoan cố cố chấp làm sai

🇹🇭Thai

ดื้อรั้น

ยึดมั่นในการกระทำผิดอย่างดื้อรั้น

🇮🇩Indonesian

bandel

keras kepala dan gigih melakukan kesalahan

🇵🇭Filipino

matigas ang ulo

matigas ang ulo na patuloy sa maling gawain

🇲🇾Malay

keras kepala

degil berterusan melakukan kesalahan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عنيد

الإصرار على الإثم

🇮🇷Persian

سرسخت

سرسختانه در انجام کارهای نادرست پافشاری می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

inatçı

yanlışta inatla ısrarcı

🇮🇱Hebrew

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