Local English word record

obdurate

adjective · 2 senses

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

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Examples

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

Word relationships

Synonyms

flinty, flint, granitic, stony

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