obdurate

obdurate is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.
2. adjective. Hard; harsh; rugged; rough; intractable.
3. transitive verb. To harden.
4. adjective. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

   "his flinty gaze"

   "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

   Synonyms: flint, flinty, granitic, stony

5. adjective. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

   Synonyms: cussed, obstinate, unrepentant

Synonyms

flint, flinty, granitic, stony, cussed, obstinate, unrepentant

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in obdurate:

taboured

Common word forms

obdurated, obdurately, obdurating, obdurateness

Words from these letters

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