Thesaurus / obdurate
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synonyms for obdurate
- adamant
- bullhead
- callous
- cold fish
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- hard
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- hard-nosed
- harsh
- heartless
- immovable
- implacable
- indurate
- inexorable
- inflexible
- iron
- mean
- mulish
- obstinate
- perverse
- relentless
- rigid
- set in stone
- stiff-necked
- thick-skinned
- tough
- tough nut to crack
- unbending
- uncompassionate
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- unemotional
- unfeeling
- unimpressible
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- unsympathetic
- unyielding
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And is it possible that the Doa can be obdurate to such irresistible attractions?
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSStill, the Prince foresaw the future, and appealed to the Emperor himself, but the Emperor was obdurate.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONMany of these pipes are sculptured from the most obdurate stones and display great delicacy of workmanship.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.The old woman meanwhile tried to soften the obdurate wall with melted butter and new milk—but in vain.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSThe most obdurate heart could not have exacted further patience, and Cæsar instantly gave in.
THE SPYJ. FENIMORE COOPERThen she pleaded, finding him obdurate: "If you won't go for me, then go for your father."
RIDERS OF THE SILENCESJOHN FREDERICKShe used all her arts of attraction, of seduction, but he remained obdurate.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAYThen Leopold appealed to Louis xiv., who also proved obdurate.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAYHe argued with her gently, but she was obdurate; go she would not.
A GERMAN POMPADOURMARIE HAYBut perhaps the mysterious beauty may not be so obdurate as you imagined.
THE MYSTERY OF A TURKISH BATHE.M. GOLLAN (AKA RITA)WORDS RELATED TO OBDURATE
- apathetic
- blind to
- careless
- case-hardened
- cold
- cold-blooded
- deaf to
- hard
- hard-bitten
- hard-boiled
- hardened
- hardhearted
- heartless
- impassive
- impenitent
- indifferent
- indurated
- inflexible
- insensate
- insensible
- insensitive
- insentient
- inured
- obdurate
- soulless
- spiritless
- stiff
- stony
- stubborn
- thick-skinned
- torpid
- tough
- toughened
- unaffected
- unbending
- uncaring
- uncompassionate
- unconcerned
- unfeeling
- unimpressionable
- unresponsive
- unsusceptible
- unsympathetic
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