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Obdurate – Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion

PRONUNCIATION

(pronounced ob-juh-ruht)

To remember the definition of the word obdurate, use the following mnemonic:

Obey due date (obdurate): he stubbornly refused to do any work. He wouldn't change.

Obey due date (obdurate) he stubbornly refused to do any work. He wouldn't change.

 

Examples of obdurate in a sentence

Sometimes, you are too obdurate for your own good!

Despite the defendant’s apology, the judge was obdurate and gave him a thirty-year sentence.

The protestors were obdurate and did not move even when the police arrived.

 

 

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