Obdurate – Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion
(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.
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.