obdurate

Questions about obdurate

What does obdurate mean?

obdurate means "stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in obdurate?

obdurate has 3 syllables: ob-du-rate. The stress falls on "ob". In IPA it is /ˈɑbdɚət/.

What is another word for obdurate?

Close synonyms include cussed, obstinate, unrepentant, flinty, flint. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obdurate a common word?

obdurate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.