Synonyms for obduracy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ob-doo-ruh-see, -dyoo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒb dʊ rə si, -dyʊ- |
Top 10 synonyms for obduracy
Définition of obduracy
Origin :- "stubbornness," 1590s, from obdurate + -cy.
- noun stubbornness
- His obduracy, with which you are acquainted, has exceedingly increased.
- Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
- Mr. Graham recovered; but his old pride and obduracy did not come back.
- Extract from : « The Telegraph Boy » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
- He said that their blindness and obduracy were quite indescribable.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
- In this respect, writes an intendant, "their obduracy is strange."
- Extract from : « The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 1 (of 6) » by Hippolyte A. Taine
- The obduracy of the Whartons might probably be owing to these two accidents.
- Extract from : « The Prime Minister » by Anthony Trollope
- But hers was not the calmness of obduracy, but of innocence.
- Extract from : « Rattlin the Reefer » by Edward Howard
- We could not afford to quarrel, but the man's obduracy angered me.
- Extract from : « Hurricane Island » by H. B. Marriott Watson
- Yet beneath her obduracy was some vague note of commiseration which he could not understand.
- Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer
- Aroused by her obduracy, Guillaume rushes at her to kiss her.
- Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker
- Nothing so softens the obduracy of chaste hearts as the certainty of secrecy.
- Extract from : « Philosophic Nights In Paris » by Remy De Gourmont
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