{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY December 30, 2018- obdurate

WORD OF THE DAY December 30, 2018

obdurate    adjective | AHB-duh-rut     Definition   1 a : stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing   b : hardened in feelings   2 : resistant to persuasion or softening influences   Scroll down for more about obdurate      TRENDING NOW: nebulous synergy slumgullion endgame SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 12/28/18       From 'Syllabub' to 'Sundae': A Dessert Course in 7 Words     'Cherpumple': 3 Words Packed Into 1       The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 12/21/18         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   December 2018 Words of the Day Quiz   The final quiz of 2018!     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   When you are confronted with someone obdurate, you may end up feeling dour. During the encounter, you may find that you need to be durable to keep your sanity intact. Maybe you will find such situations less stressful in the future if you can face them knowing that the words obdurate, dour, and durable are etymological kissing cousins. All of those words trace back to the Latin adjective durus, which means "hard." This adjective can still be found in dura mater, the name for the tough fibrous material that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, which comes from a Medieval Latin phrase meaning, literally, "hard mother."     Examples of OBDURATE   Obdurate lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have made it difficult for the state legislature to get anything done this term.   "The emigrants were strong-willed and obdurate. Their dreams were based as much on imagination as on the writings and maps of land speculators and entrepreneurs." — Edward Cuddihy, The Buffalo (New York) News, 1 Oct. 2017   Name That Synonym   Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of obdurate: u _ _ i _ l _ i _ g.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:               SHARE:

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