What is another word for obdurate?
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɒbdjʊ͡əɹət], [ ˈɒbdjʊəɹət], [ ˈɒ_b_d_j_ʊə_ɹ_ə_t]
Related words: obstinate, unyielding, obdurate concrete, stubborn, inflexible
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Similar words for obdurate:
- hard (adjective)
- hardened (adjective)
- obstinate (adjective)
- opinionated (adjective)
- severe (adjective)
- tenacious (adjective)
- uncontrollable (adjective)
- adamant (adjective)
- austere (adjective)
- callous (adjective)
- cold-blooded (adjective)
- contumacious (adjective)
- dogged (adjective)
- dogmatic (adjective)
- firm (adjective)
- hard-boiled (adjective)
- hard-nosed (adjective)
- hardhearted (adjective)
- heartless (adjective)
- immovable (adjective)
- inalterable (adjective)
- incompliant (adjective)
- inexorable (adjective)
- inflexible (adjective)
- insensible (adjective)
- intolerant (adjective)
- intractable (adjective)
- intractable /intransigent (adjective)
- iron (adjective)
- mulish (adjective)
- persistent (adjective)
- perverse (adjective)
- pitiless (adjective)
- relentless (adjective)
- remorseless (adjective)
- rigid (adjective)
- ruthless (adjective)
- steadfast (adjective)
- stonyhearted (adjective)
- stubborn (adjective)
- tough (adjective)
- unbendable (adjective)
- unbending (adjective)
- uncompassionate (adjective)
- uncompliant (adjective)
- uncompromising (adjective)
- unemotional (adjective)
- unfeeling (adjective)
- unpitying (adjective)
- unstirred (adjective)
- unsympathetic (adjective)
- unyielding (adjective)
- wayward (adjective)
Synonyms for Obdurate:
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adj.
• hard • hardened • obstinate- Pig-headed ,
- adamant ,
- bigoted ,
- bovine ,
- brass-bound ,
- contrary ,
- hard-nosed ,
- hardheaded ,
- hidebound ,
- inelastic ,
- mulish ,
- obstinate ,
- opinionative ,
- pertinacious ,
- resolute ,
- stubborn .
- abrupt ,
- acerbic ,
- acrimonious ,
- acute ,
- ascetic ,
- astringent ,
- authoritarian ,
- basic ,
- bleak ,
- blunt ,
- brisk ,
- brusque ,
- caustic ,
- censorious ,
- chilly ,
- cool ,
- correct ,
- crisp ,
- critical ,
- curt ,
- cutting ,
- demanding ,
- disciplined ,
- dour ,
- draconian ,
- dry ,
- exacting ,
- frosty ,
- fundamental ,
- grim ,
- gruff ,
- harsh ,
- icy ,
- imperial ,
- intense ,
- keen ,
- lean ,
- meticulous ,
- oppressive ,
- piquant ,
- precise ,
- prudish ,
- puritanical ,
- raw ,
- rigorous ,
- severe ,
- sharp ,
- short ,
- spare ,
- spartan ,
- stark ,
- stern ,
- strait-laced ,
- strict ,
- stringent ,
- tart ,
- unsmiling .
- bold ,
- brave ,
- bullheaded ,
- courageous ,
- dauntless ,
- decisive ,
- determined ,
- devoted ,
- diligent ,
- enduring ,
- faithful ,
- fervent ,
- flintlike ,
- headstrong ,
- hearty ,
- indefatigable ,
- indomitable ,
- insistent ,
- persevering ,
- persistent ,
- plucky ,
- retentive ,
- spunky ,
- staunch ,
- steadfast ,
- stiff ,
- strong ,
- strong-willed ,
- tireless ,
- true ,
- undaunted ,
- unflagging ,
- unforgetful .
- Unswayable ,
- more unswayable ,
- most unswayable ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- set stone ,
- un relenting ,
- un shakable ,
- un swayable ,
- un-relenting ,
- un-shakable ,
- un-swayable .
- case hardened ,
- hard bitten ,
- impassive ,
- in different ,
- in sensate ,
- in sensitive ,
- in sentient ,
- in-different ,
- in-sensate ,
- in-sensitive ,
- in-sentient ,
- more case hardened ,
- more case-hardened ,
- more casehardened ,
- more indurated ,
- more inured ,
- more toughened ,
- most case hardened ,
- most case-hardened ,
- most casehardened ,
- most indurated ,
- most inured ,
- most toughened ,
- thick skinned ,
- thickskinned ,
- un affected ,
- un caring ,
- un concerned ,
- un impressionable ,
- un responsive ,
- un susceptible ,
- un-affected ,
- un-caring ,
- un-concerned ,
- un-impressionable ,
- un-responsive ,
- un-susceptible .
- cold blooded ,
- dis passionate ,
- dis-passionate ,
- hard hearted ,
- in human ,
- in-human ,
- matter-of-fact ,
- more hard hearted ,
- more hard-hearted ,
- more stony hearted ,
- more stony-hearted ,
- most hard hearted ,
- most hard-hearted ,
- most inhuman ,
- most stony hearted ,
- most stony-hearted ,
- steelier ,
- steeliest ,
- un moved ,
- un-moved .
- more perseverant ,
- more perseverative ,
- most hardheaded ,
- most perseverant ,
- most perseverative ,
- single minded ,
- un flagging ,
- un-flagging .
- Over-bearing ,
- de finite ,
- de-finite ,
- high mighty ,
- more dictative ,
- more fascistic ,
- more stiff necked ,
- more stiff-necked ,
- more stiffnecked ,
- more wrong headed ,
- more wrong-headed ,
- more wrongheaded ,
- most dictative ,
- most fascistic ,
- most stiff necked ,
- most stiff-necked ,
- most stiffnecked ,
- most wrong headed ,
- most wrong-headed ,
- most wrongheaded ,
- narrow minded ,
- narrowminded ,
- one sided ,
- onesided ,
- over bearing ,
- stiff necked ,
- stiffnecked ,
- un equivocal ,
- un-equivocal ,
- wrong headed .
- ex act ,
- ex-act ,
- in tent ,
- more never failing ,
- more never-failing ,
- more neverfailing ,
- more resolved ,
- more stipulated ,
- more undeviating ,
- most never failing ,
- most never-failing ,
- most neverfailing ,
- most resolved ,
- most stipulated ,
- most undeviating ,
- never failing ,
- neverfailing ,
- pre vailing ,
- re-solved ,
- un changeable ,
- un deviating ,
- un flinching ,
- un qualified ,
- un shaken ,
- un wavering ,
- un-changeable ,
- un-deviating ,
- un-flinching ,
- un-qualified ,
- un-shaken ,
- un-wavering .
- hard boiled ,
- hard shelled ,
- hardline ,
- hardshelled ,
- head strong ,
- more hard shelled ,
- more hard-shelled ,
- more hardshelled ,
- most hard shelled ,
- most hard-shelled ,
- most hardshelled .
- hard nosed ,
- more hard nosed ,
- more unsentimental ,
- most unsentimental ,
- nononsense ,
- stubborn as mule ,
- tough minded ,
- toughminded ,
- un sentimental ,
- un-sentimental .
- more immotile ,
- more unmodifiable ,
- most immotile ,
- most unmodifiable ,
- set concrete ,
- stick guns ,
- un alterable ,
- un modifiable ,
- un-alterable ,
- un-modifiable ,
- unmodifiable .
- bound determined ,
- in escapable ,
- in exorable ,
- in-escapable ,
- in-exorable ,
- like death taxes ,
- un appeasable ,
- un movable ,
- un-appeasable ,
- un-movable .
- dyed in the wool ,
- hard and fast ,
- in flexible ,
- in-flexible ,
- more unadaptable ,
- most unadaptable ,
- set in one ways ,
- set in ones ways ,
- set in ways ,
- set one ways ,
- set one's ways ,
- set ones ways ,
- set ways ,
- stand ground ,
- stand one ground ,
- stand ones ground ,
- un adaptable ,
- un-adaptable .
- Imperceivable ,
- gradual ,
- in sensible ,
- in-sensible ,
- more imperceivable ,
- more unimpressible ,
- most imperceivable ,
- most unimpressible ,
- un aware ,
- un conscious ,
- un impressible ,
- un-aware ,
- un-conscious ,
- un-impressible ,
- un-intelligible ,
- un-mindful .
- anti pathetic ,
- anti-pathetic ,
- fractious ,
- in tolerant ,
- in-tolerant ,
- individualistic ,
- more chauvinistic ,
- more communist ,
- more outraged ,
- more racialist ,
- more short fuse ,
- more short-fuse ,
- more shortfuse ,
- more tilted ,
- more unindulgent ,
- more worked up ,
- more worked-up ,
- more workedup ,
- more xenophobic ,
- most chauvinistic ,
- most communist ,
- most outraged ,
- most racialist ,
- most short fuse ,
- most short-fuse ,
- most shortfuse ,
- most tilted ,
- most unindulgent ,
- most worked up ,
- most worked-up ,
- most workedup ,
- most xenophobic ,
- out raged ,
- out-raged ,
- shortfuse ,
- small minded ,
- smallminded ,
- tilted ,
- un charitable ,
- un fair ,
- un fairer ,
- un fairest ,
- un forbearing ,
- un indulgent ,
- un willing ,
- un-charitable ,
- un-fair ,
- un-fairer ,
- un-fairest ,
- un-forbearing ,
- un-indulgent ,
- un-willing ,
- unindulgent ,
- up-set ,
- workedup ,
- xenophobic .
- bull headed ,
- in tractable ,
- in-tractable ,
- more bull headed ,
- more bull-headed ,
- most bull headed ,
- most bull-headed .
- in curable ,
- in docile ,
- in soluble ,
- in-curable ,
- in-docile ,
- in-soluble ,
- more self willed ,
- more self-willed ,
- more selfwilled ,
- more tough nut ,
- more tough-nut ,
- more toughnut ,
- most intransigent ,
- most self willed ,
- most self-willed ,
- most selfwilled ,
- most tough nut ,
- most tough-nut ,
- most toughnut ,
- self willed ,
- selfwilled ,
- toughnut ,
- un cooperative ,
- un disciplined ,
- un governable ,
- un manageable ,
- un pliable ,
- un pliabler ,
- un pliablest ,
- un-cooperative ,
- un-disciplined ,
- un-governable ,
- un-manageable ,
- un-pliable ,
- un-pliabler ,
- un-pliablest ,
- unpliabler ,
- unpliablest .
- more strong minded ,
- more strong-minded ,
- more strongminded ,
- most strong minded ,
- most strong-minded ,
- most strongminded ,
- strong minded ,
- strongminded .
- in terminable ,
- in-terminable ,
- inter-minable ,
- more bulldogged ,
- more persisting ,
- most bulldogged ,
- most persisting ,
- never ending ,
- un remitting ,
- un-remitting .
- bad tempered ,
- badtempered ,
- de generate ,
- de-generate ,
- dis obedient ,
- dis-obedient ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un reasonable ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy ,
- un-reasonable .
- hangtough ,
- more hang tough ,
- more hang-tough ,
- more hangtough ,
- more unstoppable ,
- most hang tough ,
- most hang-tough ,
- most hangtough ,
- most unstoppable ,
- stop at nothing ,
- stop nothing ,
- un forgiving ,
- un stoppable ,
- un-forgiving ,
- un-stoppable .
- more uncontrite ,
- more unregenerate ,
- most uncontrite ,
- most unregenerate ,
- un contrite ,
- un merciful ,
- un regenerate ,
- un-contrite ,
- un-merciful .
- in elastic ,
- in variable ,
- in-elastic ,
- in-variable ,
- more chiseled ,
- more unpermissive ,
- most chiseled ,
- most unpermissive ,
- strait laced ,
- tough nut crack ,
- un breakable ,
- un changing ,
- un moving ,
- un permissive ,
- un-breakable ,
- un-changing ,
- un-moving ,
- un-permissive ,
- unbreakable ,
- unpermissive .
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- liege ,
- re liabler ,
- re liablest ,
- re-liable ,
- re-liabler ,
- re-liablest ,
- true-blue ,
- trueblue ,
- un faltering ,
- un questioning ,
- un swerving ,
- un-faltering ,
- un-questioning ,
- un-swerving .
- do die ,
- hold fort ,
- hold line ,
- hold one ground ,
- hold ones ground ,
- more unflexible ,
- most unflexible ,
- re served ,
- re-served ,
- standing ground ,
- standing one ground ,
- standing one's ground ,
- standing ones ground ,
- sticking guns ,
- sticking one guns ,
- sticking one's guns ,
- sticking ones guns ,
- sticking to guns ,
- sticking to one guns ,
- sticking to ones guns ,
- un bending ,
- un flexible ,
- un-bending ,
- un-flexible ,
- up tight ,
- up-tight .
- brickwall ,
- more brick wall ,
- more brick-wall ,
- more brickwall ,
- most brick wall ,
- most brick-wall ,
- most brickwall ,
- un compromising ,
- un-compromising .
- along for ride ,
- going with flow ,
- laidback ,
- more unexcitable ,
- most unexcitable ,
- un demonstrative ,
- un emotional ,
- un excitable ,
- un-demonstrative ,
- un-emotional ,
- un-excitable .
- Iron-hearted ,
- in animate ,
- in-animate ,
- iron hearted ,
- more anesthetized ,
- more deadened ,
- more feelingless ,
- more iron hearted ,
- more iron-hearted ,
- more ironhearted ,
- more sensationless ,
- more unamiable ,
- more uncordial ,
- most anesthetized ,
- most deadened ,
- most feelingless ,
- most iron hearted ,
- most iron-hearted ,
- most ironhearted ,
- most sensationless ,
- most unamiable ,
- most uncordial ,
- un amiable ,
- un cordial ,
- un feeling ,
- un-amiable ,
- un-cordial ,
- un-feeling .
- Half-hearted ,
- dis interested ,
- dis-interested ,
- half hearted ,
- more aversive ,
- most aversive ,
- un congenial ,
- un sympathetic ,
- un-congenial ,
- un-sympathetic .
- Immalleable ,
- more immalleable ,
- more impliable ,
- most immalleable ,
- most impliable ,
- un yielding ,
- un-yielding .
- cross grained ,
- in corrigible ,
- in-constant ,
- in-corrigible ,
- more cross grained ,
- more cross-grained ,
- more crossgrained ,
- most cross grained ,
- most cross-grained ,
- most crossgrained ,
- self indulgent ,
- selfindulgent ,
- un dependable ,
- un predictable ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un-dependable ,
- un-predictable ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest .
Other synonyms:
- Cold-hearted ,
- Incompliant ,
- adamantine ,
- brassbound ,
- compassionless ,
- hard-boiled ,
- remorseless ,
- ruthless ,
- stonyhearted ,
- uncompliant .
- hardened .
Other relevant words:
- Casehardened ,
- Cemental ,
- Dure ,
- Hard-headed ,
- Hard-hearted ,
- Hard-shell ,
- Headiness ,
- Impassible ,
- Imperceptive ,
- Impercipient ,
- Impliable ,
- Inconvincible ,
- Indurated ,
- Ironbound ,
- Lapideous ,
- Lithoid ,
- Lithoidal ,
- Numbed ,
- Precisian ,
- Procrustean ,
- Puristic ,
- Rhadamanthine ,
- Rigorist ,
- Stoney ,
- Stony-hearted ,
- Ungiving ,
- Unimpressible ,
- Unrepenting ,
- absolute ,
- affectless ,
- aloof ,
- anarchic ,
- antifeminist ,
- arbitrary ,
- arrogant ,
- asleep ,
- assertive ,
- attitude ,
- autocratic ,
- bad ,
- balky ,
- beastly ,
- benumbed ,
- bias ,
- bigot ,
- bigotry ,
- bloody-minded ,
- bony ,
- bouldered ,
- bouldery ,
- brassy ,
- brazen ,
- brutal ,
- brutish ,
- bullhead ,
- callous ,
- calloused ,
- case-hardened ,
- categorical ,
- cement ,
- certain ,
- chasten ,
- chauvinist ,
- chutzpadik ,
- close ,
- close-minded ,
- closed ,
- coagulate ,
- cocksure ,
- coercive ,
- cold ,
- cold fish ,
- cold of heart ,
- cold-fisted ,
- coldblooded ,
- coldhearted ,
- compressed ,
- concrete ,
- condensed ,
- congeal ,
- conscienceless ,
- conservative ,
- consolidate ,
- constant ,
- contumacious ,
- corneous ,
- cross-grained ,
- cruel ,
- culpable ,
- cussed ,
- dead ,
- deadened ,
- decided ,
- defiant ,
- definite ,
- dense ,
- desensitized ,
- despotic ,
- determination ,
- devotee ,
- diamondlike ,
- dictatorial ,
- diehard ,
- disobedient ,
- dispassionate ,
- doctrinaire ,
- dogmatist ,
- domineering ,
- dull ,
- emphatic ,
- establish ,
- exigent ,
- extortionate ,
- fanatic ,
- fast ,
- fastidious ,
- fiend ,
- firm ,
- firmness ,
- fix ,
- fixed ,
- flint ,
- flinty ,
- forbidding ,
- frigid ,
- froward ,
- fundamentalist ,
- graceless ,
- granite ,
- granitelike ,
- granitic ,
- granulate ,
- grinding ,
- guilty ,
- habitual ,
- habituate ,
- hanging tough ,
- hard-bitten ,
- hard-working ,
- hardbitten ,
- harden ,
- hardhearted ,
- hardy ,
- haughty ,
- heady ,
- heartless ,
- hopeless ,
- horny ,
- hypocrite ,
- immovable ,
- immutable ,
- impenetrable ,
- impenitent ,
- imperative ,
- imperious ,
- impervious ,
- impregnable ,
- impregnate ,
- impress ,
- inaccessible ,
- inalterable ,
- inclement ,
- incorrigible ,
- inculcate ,
- incurable ,
- indifferent ,
- indurate ,
- industrious ,
- inert ,
- inflexibility ,
- infuse ,
- ingrain ,
- inhuman ,
- inhumane ,
- inquisitorial ,
- insensate ,
- insensible ,
- insensitive ,
- insentient ,
- insolent ,
- instil ,
- instill ,
- intractable ,
- inure ,
- inured ,
- invariable ,
- inveterate ,
- iron-handed ,
- ironclad ,
- ironhanded ,
- ironhearted ,
- ironlike ,
- irreclaimable ,
- laborious ,
- leathery ,
- lost ,
- magisterial ,
- malevolent ,
- maniac ,
- marble ,
- mean ,
- merciless ,
- mollify ,
- move ,
- muscle-bound ,
- mutinous ,
- narrow ,
- narrow-minded ,
- naughty ,
- numb ,
- nut ,
- obstinacy ,
- obtuse ,
- opinionated ,
- opposed ,
- orthodox ,
- osseous ,
- ossified ,
- overbearing ,
- overconfident ,
- overweening ,
- pachydermatous ,
- painstaking ,
- pat ,
- penitent ,
- peremptory ,
- perseverance ,
- persistence ,
- persisting ,
- perverse ,
- pervert ,
- petrified ,
- petrify ,
- pigheaded ,
- pitiless ,
- pontifical ,
- positive ,
- prim ,
- prostitute ,
- punitive ,
- purist ,
- puritan ,
- puritanic ,
- pushy ,
- racist ,
- rebellious ,
- recalcitrant ,
- recusant ,
- refractory ,
- remote ,
- reprehensible ,
- reprobate ,
- reserved ,
- resist ,
- resistant ,
- resistive ,
- resolved ,
- revolting ,
- rockbound ,
- rocklike ,
- rocky ,
- rugged ,
- savage ,
- searching ,
- seared ,
- segregationist ,
- self-opinionated ,
- self-willed ,
- set ,
- set in stone ,
- set on ,
- set upon ,
- sexist ,
- shameless ,
- sinful ,
- single-minded ,
- slash-and-burn ,
- solid ,
- solidified ,
- solidify ,
- soulless ,
- stalwart ,
- stand pat ,
- standoffish ,
- steely ,
- sticker ,
- sticky ,
- stonelike ,
- straightlaced ,
- straitlaced ,
- strong-minded ,
- stubborn as a mule ,
- stubbornness ,
- sturdy ,
- take-no-prisoners ,
- taxing ,
- tenacity ,
- thick-skinned ,
- thick-witted ,
- tough nut to crack ,
- transfuse ,
- tyrannical ,
- unaccommodating ,
- unadaptable ,
- unalterable ,
- unapproachable ,
- unblushing ,
- uncaring ,
- unchangeable ,
- unchanging ,
- uncharitable ,
- uncompassionate ,
- unconquerable ,
- uncontrite ,
- uncontrollable ,
- uncooperative ,
- undeviating ,
- unemotional ,
- unfaltering ,
- unfelt ,
- unflinching ,
- unforgiving ,
- unfriendly ,
- ungovernable ,
- unkind ,
- unmelted ,
- unmerciful ,
- unmoved ,
- unmoving ,
- unnatural ,
- unperceptive ,
- unpitying ,
- unregenerate ,
- unregenerated ,
- unrelieved ,
- unremitting ,
- unremorseful ,
- unrepentant ,
- unresponsive ,
- unruly ,
- unsentimental ,
- unshakable ,
- unshakeable ,
- unshaken ,
- unsparing ,
- unstirred ,
- unstoppable ,
- unswerving ,
- unsympathetic ,
- untiring ,
- untouched ,
- unvaried ,
- unvarying ,
- unwavering ,
- villainous ,
- wayward ,
- wicked ,
- wilful ,
- willful ,
- withering ,
- wrong-headed ,
- zealot .
- Crossgrained ,
- Perseverant ,
- Steeler ,
- Unamiable ,
- Unflexible ,
- Unpliable ,
- along for the ride ,
- anesthetized ,
- austere ,
- aversive ,
- blind to ,
- brick wall ,
- brick-wall ,
- bull-headed ,
- bulldogged ,
- chauvinistic ,
- dead set ,
- dead set on ,
- deaf to ,
- dictative ,
- die hard ,
- do or die ,
- dogged ,
- fascistic ,
- feelingless ,
- ferric ,
- ferrous ,
- go for broke ,
- going with the flow ,
- hang in ,
- hang-tough ,
- hard ,
- hard core ,
- hard line ,
- hard-shelled ,
- hardboiled ,
- hardnosed ,
- head-strong ,
- hell bent on ,
- hold ground ,
- hold the fort ,
- immotile ,
- in for long haul ,
- inflexible ,
- intolerant ,
- ironfisted ,
- laid back ,
- like bad penny ,
- like death and taxes ,
- locked in ,
- matter of fact ,
- mule ,
- never-failing ,
- neverending ,
- no going back ,
- no nonsense ,
- perseverative ,
- racialist ,
- relentless ,
- rigid ,
- rolling with punches ,
- rolling with the punches ,
- ruffianly ,
- sensationless ,
- set in concrete ,
- set in one's ways ,
- short-fuse ,
- singleminded ,
- stand one's ground ,
- stick to guns ,
- sticking to one's guns ,
- stiff-necked ,
- stony ,
- tenacious ,
- tough ,
- tough nut ,
- tough-nut ,
- un-regenerate ,
- unapologetic ,
- unbendable ,
- unbending ,
- uncompromising ,
- uncordial ,
- unexcitable ,
- unyielding ,
- up set ,
- without pity ,
- worked-up ,
- wrongheaded .
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How to use "Obdurate" in context?
In English, the adjective obdurate means stubborn, unyielding, and unyielding to persuasion. This adjective is often used to describe people or animals who are not willing to change their minds or conform to social norms. Someone who is obdurate is not likely to change their mind even if they are presented with compelling evidence or arguments. The noun obduracy is the quality or state of being obdurate.
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obstinate.
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