"obdurate" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɒbdʒʊɹɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒbdjʊɹɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒbdʒəɹɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑbd(j)ʊɹɪt/ [General-American], /ˈɑbd(j)əɹɪt/ [General-American], /-ət/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-obdurate.ogg [US] Forms: more obdurate [comparative], most obdurate [superlative]
Etymology: Mid-15th century, from Latin obduratus (“hardened”), form of obdūrō (“harden”), from ob- (“against”) + dūrō (“harden, render hard”), from durus (“hard”). Compare durable, endure. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|obduratus||hardened}} Latin obduratus (“hardened”), {{m|la|obdūrō||harden}} obdūrō (“harden”), {{m|la|ob-||against}} ob- (“against”), {{m|la|dūrō||harden, render hard}} dūrō (“harden, render hard”), {{m|la|durus||hard}} durus (“hard”), {{m|en|durable}} durable, {{m|en|endure}} endure Head templates: {{en-adj}} obdurate (comparative more obdurate, superlative most obdurate)
  1. Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: obdure [obsolete] Synonyms (stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing): hardened, hard-hearted, impertinent, intractable, unrepentant, unyielding, recalcitrant Translations (Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent): pennek (Breton), закоравял (zakoravjal) (Bulgarian), hårdnakket (Danish), koppig (Dutch), weerbarstig (Dutch), hardleers (Dutch), onverzettelijk (Dutch), opiniâtre [feminine, masculine] (French), têtu [masculine] (French), stur (German), hartnäckig (German), άκαμπτος (ákamptos) [masculine] (Greek), πωρωμένος (poroménos) [masculine] (Greek), σκληρόκαρδος (sklirókardos) [masculine] (Greek), aindiúideach (Irish), dáigh (Irish), dígeanta (Irish), ceanndána (Irish), dolúbtha (Irish), righin (Irish), docht (Irish), hōkeke (Maori), taringa pākura (Maori), houkeke (Maori), kakī mārō (Maori), upoko mārō (Maori), taumārō (Maori), hardnakket (Norwegian Bokmål), baulstierich (Plautdietsch), упря́мый (uprjámyj) (Russian), hårdnackat (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-obdurate-en-adj-VtF0FOHh Disambiguation of Personality: 53 2 38 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 34 29 8 Disambiguation of 'stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing': 76 13 12 Disambiguation of 'Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent': 93 3 3
  2. (obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened. Tags: obsolete Translations (Physically hardened, toughened): закален (zakalen) (Bulgarian), keihard (Dutch), dur comme un roc (French), hart (German), закалённый (zakaljónnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-obdurate-en-adj-XvMOXTTd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 34 29 8 Disambiguation of 'Physically hardened, toughened': 4 83 12
  3. Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.
    Sense id: en-obdurate-en-adj-Wio-47TQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 34 29 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: obduracy Related terms: durable, duration, endure, endurance, enduring

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɒbdʒʊɹɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒbdjʊɹɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɒbdʒəɹɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ət/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑbd(j)ʊɹɪt/ [General-American], /ˈɑbd(j)əɹɪt/ [General-American], /-ət/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-obdurate.ogg [US] Forms: obdurates [present, singular, third-person], obdurating [participle, present], obdurated [participle, past], obdurated [past]
Etymology: Mid-15th century, from Latin obduratus (“hardened”), form of obdūrō (“harden”), from ob- (“against”) + dūrō (“harden, render hard”), from durus (“hard”). Compare durable, endure. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|obduratus||hardened}} Latin obduratus (“hardened”), {{m|la|obdūrō||harden}} obdūrō (“harden”), {{m|la|ob-||against}} ob- (“against”), {{m|la|dūrō||harden, render hard}} dūrō (“harden, render hard”), {{m|la|durus||hard}} durus (“hard”), {{m|en|durable}} durable, {{m|en|endure}} endure Head templates: {{en-verb}} obdurate (third-person singular simple present obdurates, present participle obdurating, simple past and past participle obdurated)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To harden; to obdure. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-obdurate-en-verb-EsZvtcZ6

Verb [Latin]

Forms: obdūrāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=obdūrāte}} obdūrāte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of obdūrō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: obdūrō
    Sense id: en-obdurate-la-verb-22VbbDTX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011 February 12, Les Roopanarine, “Birmingham 1 - 0 Stoke”, in BBC",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in London Review of Books",
          "text": "What Tharoor dismisses as mere ‘positive by-products’ Lalvani sees as central to the India the British left behind: the botanic gardens, the forest conservancies, the Archaeological Survey of India (brainchild of the otherwise obdurate Curzon) and the free press.",
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          "ref": "2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 827",
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        "Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted."
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      "sense": "stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing",
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    {
      "sense": "stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing",
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    {
      "sense": "stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing",
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      "sense": "stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing",
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      "sense": "stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing",
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      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "pennek"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "zakoravjal",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "закоравял"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "hårdnakket"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "koppig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "weerbarstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "hardleers"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "onverzettelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opiniâtre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "têtu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "stur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "hartnäckig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ákamptos",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "άκαμπτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "poroménos",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πωρωμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sklirókardos",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σκληρόκαρδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "aindiúideach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "dáigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "dígeanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "ceanndána"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "dolúbtha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "righin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "docht"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "hōkeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "taringa pākura"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "houkeke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "kakī mārō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "upoko mārō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "taumārō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "hardnakket"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "baulstierich"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uprjámyj",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "упря́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent",
      "word": "hårdnackat"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zakalen",
      "sense": "Physically hardened, toughened",
      "word": "закален"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Physically hardened, toughened",
      "word": "keihard"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Physically hardened, toughened",
      "word": "dur comme un roc"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Physically hardened, toughened",
      "word": "hart"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakaljónnyj",
      "sense": "Physically hardened, toughened",
      "word": "закалённый"
    }
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  "word": "obdurate"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "obdūrāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "obdūrāte"
      },
      "expansion": "obdūrāte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "obdūrō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person plural present active imperative of obdūrō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "obdūrō",
          "obduro#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "obdurate"
}

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