Definizione monolingua

obdurate

obdur?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of obdur?

obdurate (comparative more obdurate, superlative most obdurate)

1. Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
   • 2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, BBC:

     An injury-time goal from Nikola Zigic against an obdurate Stoke side gave Birmingham back-to back Premier League wins for the first time in 14 months.

   • 1818, Percy Bysshe Shelley,""The Revolt of Islam"", canto 4, stanza 9, lines 1486-7:

     But custom maketh blind and obdurate

     The loftiest hearts.

2. (obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened.

Definizione dizionario obdurate

duro

indurito

inflessibile

ostinato

testardo

Altri significati:

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent

Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.

(obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened.