OBDURATE

Ob-jer-rayt

Adamant; harsh; dogged;

Being stubborn. Being indifferent to advice.

He is obdurate and will not listen to advice because he is not yielding.

The cat was acting obdurate and stubbornly refused to get off my book.

Ob - du - rate

Ob (Reminds) Object or refuse

Rate (Reminds) Berate

Object to being berated.

OBJECT BERATE

You show up on an antedate for a date. How was your date?

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Answer: 

Not good. Antedate is a date earlier than a given date. You showed up early and your date was not there.