hardheadedness (Meaning)
hardheadedness
stubborn, willful, stubborn sense 1, marked by sound judgment, concerned with or involving practical considerations
Synonyms & Antonyms of hardheadedness
Synonyms:
- disobedience
- sternness
- contrariness
- contumacy
- cussedness
- relentlessness
- obstreperousness
- inveteracy
- recalcitrance
- balkiness
- insubordination
- inexorability
- stick-to-itiveness
- immovability
- frowardness
- narrow-mindedness
- refractoriness
- rigorousness
- firmness
- anal-retentiveness
- cantankerousness
- hardness
- bloody-mindedness
- intractability
- strictness
- rigidness
- unruliness
- recalcitrancy
- rigor
- immovableness
- rigidity
Antonyms:
hardheadedness Sentence Examples
- The child's hardheadedness made it difficult for his parents to discipline him.
- The politician's hardheadedness led him to alienate his constituents.
- The scientist's hardheadedness prevented him from accepting new ideas.
- The businessman's hardheadedness resulted in his financial downfall.
- The hardheadedness of the opposing team made the game a challenge to win.
- The patient's hardheadedness caused him to refuse the necessary medical treatment.
- The employee's hardheadedness made it hard for him to work effectively with others.
- The teacher's hardheadedness prevented her from understanding the needs of her students.
- The hardheadedness of the defendant made it difficult for the jury to reach a verdict.
- The government's hardheadedness led to the failure of the peace negotiations.
FAQs About the word hardheadedness
stubborn, willful, stubborn sense 1, marked by sound judgment, concerned with or involving practical considerations
obstinacy, determination, pertinacity, resolve, obduracy, intransigence, self-will, willfulness, pigheadedness, persistency
compliance, pliability, pliancy, willingness, acquiescence, acceptance, flexibility, obedience,reasonableness, reasonability
The child's hardheadedness made it difficult for his parents to discipline him.
The politician's hardheadedness led him to alienate his constituents.
The scientist's hardheadedness prevented him from accepting new ideas.
The businessman's hardheadedness resulted in his financial downfall.
