obdurate C2+ Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment US /ˈɑbdərət/ UK /ˈɒbdjʊrət/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj stubbornly unyielding or hardened against persuasion or moral influence The judge remained obdurate despite the family's tearful appeals for mercy. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · stubbornly unyielding or... stubbornunyieldingobstinateinflexibleintractableadamanthardened ↔ Opposites yieldingcomplianttractabletenderrelenting Word family Derived forms obduracyobduratelyobdurateness Related forms enduredurableduress Etymology AI details From Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare ('to harden'), from ob- ('against') plus durare ('to harden'), from durus ('hard'). obdurare Latin durus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Ethics & Social Judgment Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # obdurate **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈɑbdərət/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɒbdjʊrət/ ## Meanings 1. stubbornly unyielding or hardened against persuasion or moral influence ## Examples - The judge remained obdurate despite the family's tearful appeals for mercy. ## Synonyms - stubborn - unyielding - obstinate - inflexible - intractable - adamant - hardened ## Antonyms - yielding - compliant - tractable - tender - relenting ## Derived Forms - obduracy - obdurately - obdurateness ## Related Forms - endure - durable - duress ## Roots and Affixes - Root: obdurare - Root: durus ## Etymology From Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare ('to harden'), from ob- ('against') plus durare ('to harden'), from durus ('hard'). ## AI Etymology Obdurate is from Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare ('to harden'), from ob- ('against') plus durare ('to harden'), from durus ('hard'). Important recorded forms include obdurare (Latin) and durus (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers stubbornly unyielding or hardened against persuasion or moral influence. The wider family includes derived forms such as obduracy, obdurately, and obdurateness and related words such as endure, durable, and duress. ## Topics - Ethics & Social Judgment - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown