Both Uses of
obdurate
in
Hard Times
- So in her bosom even now; the strongest qualities she possessed, long turned upon themselves, became a heap of obduracy, that rose against a friend.†
Chpt 3.1
- 'After all your love!' he returned, obdurately.†
Chpt 3.7 *
Definition:
-
(obdurate) stubbornly persistent -- especially in wrongdoing
or more rarely (except in classic literature):
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings