obdurateness

obdurateness
The characteristic of being obdurate; stubbornness.

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  • obdurateness — obdurate ► ADJECTIVE ▪ stubbornly refusing to change one s opinion or course of action. DERIVATIVES obduracy noun obdurately adverb obdurateness noun. ORIGIN Latin obduratus, from durare harden …   English terms dictionary

  • Obdurateness — Obdurate Ob du*rate, a. [L. obduratus, p. p. of obdurare to harden; ob (see Ob )+ durare to harden, durus hard. See {Dure}.] 1. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard hearted; stubbornly wicked. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • obdurateness — noun see obdurate …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • obdurateness — See obdurately. * * * …   Universalium

  • obdurateness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being stubbornly inflexible: die hardism, grimness, implacability, implacableness, incompliance, incompliancy, inexorability, inexorableness, inflexibility, inflexibleness, intransigence,… …   English dictionary for students

  • obdurateness — É‘bdjÉ™rÉ™tnɪs / É’bdjÊŠr n. stubbornness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • obdurateness — ob·du·rate·ness …   English syllables

  • obdurateness — noun see obdurate I …   Useful english dictionary

  • obdurate — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare to harden, from ob against + durus hard more at during Date: 15th century 1. a. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing b. hardened in feelings 2. resistant to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • obdurate — obdurately, adv. obdurateness, n. /ob doo rit, dyoo /, adj. 1. unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding. 2. stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent: an obdurate sinner. [1400 50; late ME… …   Universalium

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