Associations to the word «Obdurate»

Wiktionary

OBDURATE, adjective. Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
OBDURATE, adjective. (obsolete) Physically hardened, toughened.

Dictionary definition

OBDURATE, adjective. Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing.
OBDURATE, adjective. Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart".

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras