Obdurate Mnemonic
Explore definitions and mnemonics for obdurate.
obdurate
obdurate
/-ət/
hardened
hard-hearted
impertinent
intractable
unrepentant
unyielding
recalcitrant
Examples
- I am notoriously obdurate.
- The greater number remained obdurate.
- I don't wish to be seen as obdurate.
- Stop being obdurate and concede the point.
- These policies are not weapons to destroy an obdurate editor.
- You just enjoy being obdurate.
- It just seems like obdurate bloody mindedness to me.
- It just seems like obdurate bloody mindedness to me.
- Actually, there are some fairly obdurate myths about the London climate.
- King Behanzin, his son and successor, was even more obdurate.
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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