pig-headed (Meaning)
pig-headed (a.)
Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn.
Synonyms & Antonyms of pig-headed
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Synonyms:
- unbending
- obsessive
- perverse
- uncompromising
- unyielding
- implacable
- hardheaded
- pat
- persistent
- willful
- wilful
- unrelenting
- obstinate
- hard-nosed
- headstrong
- obdurate
- ossified
- inflexible
- determined
- hard
- bullheaded
- strict
- immovable
- intransigent
- adamantine
- mulish
- steadfast
- pertinacious
- opinionated
- dogged
- hardened
- self-willed
- stiff-necked
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Synonyms:
- recalcitrant
- bloody-minded
- resolved
- unconquerable
- stern
- contumacious
- self-opinionated
- defiant
- narrow-minded
- severe
- indomitable
- iron
- hidebound
- inveterate
- cussed
- refractory
- cantankerous
- unregenerate
- unruly
- hard-shelled
- uncooperative
- unflinching
- single-minded
- rigid
- deaf to reason
- tenacious
- set
- firm
- hell-bent
- mutinous
- unmanageable
- disobedient
- ungovernable
- intractable
- hard-shell
- demanding
- wayward
- confirmed
- wrongheaded
- insubordinate
- hard-line
- anal-retentive
- relentless
- invincible
- inexorable
- inconvincible
- stouthearted
- contrary
- insurgent
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pig-headed Sentence Examples
- Her pig-headed refusal to ask for directions left them hopelessly lost on the hike.
- Despite the coach's advice, the player's pig-headed strategy backfired in the final game.
- The negotiations were deadlocked due to the pig-headed insistence on both parties.
- The child's pig-headed tantrum in the middle of the restaurant made dinner a nightmare.
- The pig-headed king ignored the warnings of famine, leading to widespread suffering.
- Trying to reason with him was pointless; his pig-headed attitude made him impossible to persuade.
- We needed someone flexible, not someone with a pig-headed "my way or the highway" approach.
- The pig-headed insistence on tradition often hindered progress in the small village.
- Despite the obvious mistake, he continued with a pig-headed determination that only made things worse.
- Sometimes a little humility goes a long way; pig-headedness only creates problems.
FAQs About the word pig-headed
Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn.
stubborn, adamant, unbending, obsessive, perverse, uncompromising, unyielding, implacable, hardheaded, pat
submissive, agreeable, pliant, pliable, submissive, tractable, amenable, receptive, receptive, acquiescent
Her pig-headed refusal to ask for directions left them hopelessly lost on the hike.
Despite the coach's advice, the player's pig-headed strategy backfired in the final game.
The negotiations were deadlocked due to the pig-headed insistence on both parties.
The child's pig-headed tantrum in the middle of the restaurant made dinner a nightmare.
