disapproval If you describe someone as obdurate, you think that they are being unreasonable in their refusal to change their decision or opinion. Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo. = obstinate. very determined not to change your beliefs, actions, or feelings, in a way that seems unreasonable = stubborn (past participle of obdurare )
against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"