hard-headed (Meaning)

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hard-headed (a.)

Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.

The horse was hard-headed, refusing to budge even with gentle coaxing.
The stubborn child was hard-headed, making negotiations challenging.
The professor's hard-headed approach to teaching stifled creative thinking.
The CEO's hard-headedness led to a decline in employee morale.
The team's hard-headed defenders made it difficult for the opposition to score.
The old man was hard-headed about his beliefs, refusing to consider new perspectives.
The hard-headed neighbor refused to cooperate with the community garden project.
The hard-headed scientist clung to his hypothesis despite contradictory evidence.
The hard-headed driver refused to follow the GPS, resulting in a lengthy detour.
The hard-headed teenager refused to take responsibility for his actions.

Having sound judgment; sagacious; shrewd.

smart, astute, shrewd, intelligent, sagacious, heady, sharp-witted, slick, knowing, perceptive

naïve, innocent, artless, naïve, guileless, innocent, gullible, naive, guileless, ingenuous

The horse was hard-headed, refusing to budge even with gentle coaxing.

The stubborn child was hard-headed, making negotiations challenging.

The professor's hard-headed approach to teaching stifled creative thinking.

The CEO's hard-headedness led to a decline in employee morale.