The first syllable is like the “ob” in “sob”, “mob”, and “lob”. The following “u” is pronounced like the “u” in “pull” and “full”. The “a” is like the “a” in “china”, and the final “e” is silent. The main stress is on the first syllable.
When you say that someone is obdurate, you are implying that he/she is very stubborn. The word is mostly used in formal contexts.
*The minister found it difficult to implement changes because his department heads were obdurate defenders of the old policies. *Raju’s obdurate refusal to speak in his mother tongue worried his parents.
Source: ‘Know Your English’ Series – The Hindu Daily, July 25 , 2005
When you say that someone is obdurate, you are implying that he/she is very stubborn. The word is mostly used in formal contexts.
*The minister found it difficult to implement changes because his department heads were obdurate defenders of the old policies. *Raju’s obdurate refusal to speak in his mother tongue worried his parents.
Source: ‘Know Your English’ Series – The Hindu Daily, July 25 , 2005
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