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obdurate
(encz) | obdurate,neoblomný numira@i.cz |
obdurate
(encz) | obdurate,nepoddajný numira@i.cz |
obdurate
(encz) | obdurate,tvrdý numira@i.cz |
obdurate
(encz) | obdurate,zavilý numira@i.cz |
Obdurate
(gcide) | Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, v. t.
To harden. [Obs.]
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Obdurate
(gcide) | Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to
harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See
Dure.]
1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying
influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
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The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate
against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
--Hooker.
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Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel,
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
--Shak.
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2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. "Obdurate
consonants." --Swift.
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Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially
by the older poets.
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There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
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Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn;
obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible;
unsusceptible.
Usage: Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. Callous denotes a
deadening of the sensibilities; as, a callous
conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled
disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and
sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an
active resistance of the heart and will aganst the
pleadings of compassion and humanity.
[1913 Webster] -- Ob"du*rate*ly, adv. --
Ob"du*rate*ness, n.
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obdurate
(wn) | obdurate
adj 1: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: cussed,
obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant]
2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty
gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate
heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate,
stony] |
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obdurately
(encz) | obdurately, adv: |
Obdurate
(gcide) | Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, v. t.
To harden. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to
harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See
Dure.]
1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying
influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
[1913 Webster]
The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate
against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
--Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel,
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. "Obdurate
consonants." --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially
by the older poets.
[1913 Webster]
There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn;
obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible;
unsusceptible.
Usage: Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. Callous denotes a
deadening of the sensibilities; as, a callous
conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled
disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and
sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an
active resistance of the heart and will aganst the
pleadings of compassion and humanity.
[1913 Webster] -- Ob"du*rate*ly, adv. --
Ob"du*rate*ness, n.
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Obdurately
(gcide) | Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to
harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See
Dure.]
1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying
influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
[1913 Webster]
The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate
against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
--Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel,
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. "Obdurate
consonants." --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially
by the older poets.
[1913 Webster]
There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn;
obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible;
unsusceptible.
Usage: Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. Callous denotes a
deadening of the sensibilities; as, a callous
conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled
disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and
sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an
active resistance of the heart and will aganst the
pleadings of compassion and humanity.
[1913 Webster] -- Ob"du*rate*ly, adv. --
Ob"du*rate*ness, n.
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Obdurateness
(gcide) | Obdurate \Ob"du*rate\, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to
harden; ob (see Ob-)+ durare to harden, durus hard. See
Dure.]
1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying
influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
[1913 Webster]
The very custom of evil makes the heart obdurate
against whatsoever instructions to the contrary.
--Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
Art thou obdurate, flinty, hard as steel,
Nay, more than flint, for stone at rain relenteth?
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable. "Obdurate
consonants." --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Sometimes accented on the second syllable, especially
by the older poets.
[1913 Webster]
There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart.
--Cowper.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Hard; firm; unbending; inflexible; unyielding; stubborn;
obstinate; impenitent; callous; unfeeling; insensible;
unsusceptible.
Usage: Obdurate, Callous, Hardened. Callous denotes a
deadening of the sensibilities; as, a callous
conscience. Hardened implies a general and settled
disregard for the claims of interest, duty, and
sympathy; as, hardened in vice. Obdurate implies an
active resistance of the heart and will aganst the
pleadings of compassion and humanity.
[1913 Webster] -- Ob"du*rate*ly, adv. --
Ob"du*rate*ness, n.
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obdurately
(wn) | obdurately
adv 1: in a stubborn unregenerate manner; "she remained
stubbornly in the same position" [syn: stubbornly,
pig-headedly, obdurately, mulishly, obstinately,
cussedly] |
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