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obdurate
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{adj}
synonyms: intransigent, recalcitrant, froward, intractable, inexorable, implacable, renitent ???
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Definition:stubborn; obstinate
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Catherine, by instinct, must have divined it was obdurate perversity, and not dislike, that prompted this dogged conduct;
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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Sadly and silently I turned from that obdurate man and walked forward. Suddenly "there was a burst of thunder sound!" The hatch that had held down the cargo was flung whirling into space and sailed in the air like a blown leaf. Pushing upward through the hatchway was a smooth, square column of cat.
Ambrose Bierce. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Negligible Tales, On With the Dance, Epigrams
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He said the peasants were obdurate and that at the present moment it would be imprudent to “overresist” them without an armed force, and would it not be better first to send for the military?
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: With bonus material from Give War and Peace A Chance by Andrew D. Kaufman
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Mr. Jaggers stood quite still and silent, and apparently quite obdurate,
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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The old dog did not like it, and showed plainly that he was afraid of Buck. Francois was obdurate, but when he turned his back Buck again displaced Sol-leks, who was not at all unwilling to go.
Jack London. The Call of the Wild (1903)
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