Entry Word: obdurate

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings <the obdurate refusal of her parents to let her go on the trip despite tears and pleading> — see hard 1
2 sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion <an obdurate farmer who could never be convinced to try a different method of fertilization> — see obstinate