Obdurate

stubbornly resisting persuasion; intransigent; unyielding; mulish

The New York Review of Books

The New York Review of Books

@nybooks.com

“In death Marat was not an emblem of unity...he stood for the force, the obdurate power of a vaguely defined ‘people,’ those who had counted for so little for so long and who were ecstatic to find someone who wanted to speak for them.” —Lynn Hunt

View on bsky.app

audere est facere

audere est facere

@tottenham.bsky.social

I mean, what could possibly go wrong at a stadium where we haven't won in a full geological stratum, against an opponent as spiky and obdurate as any in the league, and with Leeds putting out an 11 made of training mannequins and the U8s against West Ham? Please no tifo or motivational videos.

View on bsky.app

WordBot

WordBot

@wordbot.bsky.social

Word of the Hour: Hardened - Made hard or compact; made unfeeling or callous; made obstinate or obdurate; confirmed in error or vice. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay

View on bsky.app