Origin: Latin suffix -ate
Obdurate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
To harden; to obdure.
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
"his flinty gaze"
"the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.