| 释义 |
[ ob-doo-ruh-see, -dyoo- ] / ˈɒb dʊ rə si, -dyʊ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR obduracy ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state or quality of being obdurate. Origin of obduracyFirst recorded in 1590–1600; obdur(ate) + -acy Words nearby obduracyobcuneate, obdormition, obdt., obduce, obduction, obduracy, obdurate, O.B.E., obeah, O beautiful for spacious skies, obeche Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for obduracyObduracy and bad choices are the abundant natural resources of the Middle East. The Israeli Smoke Screen|Richard Cohen|November 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST Remove the fiery clouds that the obduracy of a sinner drew over our heads! The Poniard's Hilt|Eugne Sue To have effected that would have required a strength and obduracy of character incompatible with his meek and innocent nature. Colloquies on Society|Robert Southey How, now, could Lincoln's view assimilate this obduracy in the South? Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits;|Clark S. Beardslee
But I was by no means certain, that I should consent to go out of the world in silence, the victim of this man's obduracy and art. Caleb Williams|William Godwin Nothing mellows the heart like sorrow; nothing so softens the obduracy of our natures as experience. The Memories of Fifty Years|William H. Sparks
Words related to obduracyrelentlessness, perseverance, contumacy, pigheadedness, pertinacity, inexorableness, obstinacy, mulishness, inflexibility, bullheadedness, inexorability, rigidness, doggedness, inflexibleness, intransigency, rigidity, grimness, indomitability, implacability, implacableness |