obdurate

Translation

頑固な / 強情な / 融通の利かない

Meaning

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action, often in the face of persuasion or reason.

Examples

• The obdurate judge refused to grant a lighter sentence despite the defendant's clear remorse.
  The obdurate judge refused to grant a lighter sentence despite the defendant's clear remorse.
• She remained obdurate in her belief that the project would succeed, even when the data proved otherwise.
  She remained obdurate in her belief that the project would succeed, even when the data proved otherwise.