Obdurate Mnemonic

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obdurate

obdurate

/-ət/

hardened
hard-hearted
impertinent
intractable
unrepentant
unyielding
recalcitrant

Examples

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

adjective

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

adjective
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An obelisk is so durable that salesman can't convince it to buy.

"Ob + Dura + Rate. He's stubborn as a rock, won't change his rate."

"Ob + Dura + Ate. A stubborn ox ate all despite the durable gate."

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