OBDURATE Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word obdurate. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for OBDURATE
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unyielding | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly unyielding • resistant to physical force or pressure | ||||||||
adamant | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem adjective satellite • impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason | ||||||||
firm | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments adverb • with resolute determination adjective satellite • marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable • not soft or yielding to pressure • strong and sure • not subject to revision or change • (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling • not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall • securely established • possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue • securely fixed in place • unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause verb • become taut or tauter • make taut or tauter | ||||||||
immovable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • property consisting of houses and land adjective satellite • not able or intended to be moved | ||||||||
inflexible | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • incapable of change • not making concessions • resistant to being bent adjective satellite • incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances | ||||||||
relentless | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty • never-ceasing | ||||||||
resolute | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination adjective satellite • characterized by quickness and firmness | ||||||||
rigid | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure adjective satellite • incapable of or resistant to bending • incapable of compromise or flexibility • incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances • fixed and unmoving | ||||||||
stubborn | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield adjective satellite • not responding to treatment | ||||||||
unbending | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances | ||||||||
unrelenting | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty • punishingly harsh • never-ceasing | ||||||||
unshakable | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable • without flaws or loopholes | ||||||||
unswerving | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • going directly ahead from one point to another without veering or turning aside • firm and dependable especially in loyalty | ||||||||
unrepentant | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not penitent or remorseful adjective satellite • stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing | ||||||||
cussed | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing | ||||||||
flint | nounn | |||||||
noun • a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River • a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony • a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing adjective satellite • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | ||||||||
flinty | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • containing flint adjective satellite • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | ||||||||
granitic | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective satellite • showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings • hard as granite | ||||||||
hardened | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
adjective • made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment • protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons) adjective satellite • used of persons; emotionally hardened • made tough by habitual exposure • converted to solid form (as concrete) | ||||||||
impertinent | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality • not pertinent to the matter under consideration • improperly forward or bold | ||||||||