The Only Use
obdurate
in
Wuthering Heights
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- Catherine, by instinct, must have divined it was obdurate perversity, and not dislike, that prompted this dogged conduct; for, after remaining an instant undecided, she stooped and impressed on his cheek a gentle kiss.†
p. 228.3obdurate = stubbornly persistent
Definitions:
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(1)
(obdurate) stubbornly persistent -- especially in wrongdoing
or more rarely (except in classic literature):
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)