obdurate
1. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing (Freq. 1) • Syn: cussed, obstinate, unrepentant • Similar to: unregenerate, unregenerated • Derivationally related forms: cussedness (for: cussed) 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, stony • Similar to: hardhearted, heartless • Derivationally related forms: stone (for: stony), granite (for: granitic)
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