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obdurate - Dictionary definition and meaning for obdurate

OBDURATE

  • (adj.) showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

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

    synonyms : flint , flinty , granitic , stony

  • (adj.) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

    synonyms : cussed , obstinate , unrepentant

    Her obstinate behavior got on his nerves. -added by naila_inlas

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for obdurate

  • (Tag: ) OB+DURA(RELATE IT TO WORD DURABILITY)..SO anything which has durability..has the resisting power, and something which can resist, is stubborn.

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  • (Tag: ) OB+DU+RATE realate it as AB(OB) RATE DoUble ho gaya,and the seller was very STUBBORN about that

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  • (Tag: English) durate -duration There will be a period(duration) in everyone's life when we will be very obdurate(i.e, stubborn )..

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  • (Tag: general) Obdurate - Try reading as "Odd - along - duration" :Means stubborn

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  • (Tag: ) Think "obstinate" which is stubborn

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  • (Tag: ) OBDURATE...CONSIDER DURATE, MEANS DUREX BED,IT IS VERRYY SOFT AND COMFORTABLE AND OBDURATE MEANS HARD...

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  • (Tag: ) ob = negative durate = through out duration of life

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  • (Tag: ) OBstinate DURATion = stubborn over time, persistently stubborn

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  • (Tag: ) A person who is OBDURATE is both OBtuse and DURAble.

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  • (Tag: global) O.B is a tampon brand. So split ob + durability= Ob will absorb all the blood.so long durable

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  • (Tag: Harry Potter) Obdurate means stubborn or 'harden'. See 'duro' in durability. Also the spell Hermione used to harden the tapestry is 'duro'!

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