OBDURATE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Example: his flinty gaze; the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

The word "obdurate" comes from Latin obduratus.

durable – A related word in the same word family.

endure – A related word in the same word family.

Roman military conquests permanently planted Latin vocabulary across three continents.