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:
- willful
- unyielding
- obsessive
- persistent
- immovable
- implacable
- bullheaded
- mulish
- determined
- adamantine
- headstrong
- pat
- inflexible
- hardened
- uncompromising
- obstinate
- pertinacious
- hard-nosed
- dogged
- hardheaded
- perverse
- unbending
- wilful
- intransigent
- opinionated
- strict
- stiff-necked
- obdurate
- steadfast
- self-willed
- unrelenting
- ossified
- hard
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Synonyms:
- hell-bent
- wrongheaded
- defiant
- ungovernable
- hard-shelled
- deaf to reason
- uncooperative
- invincible
- inexorable
- refractory
- hard-line
- insurgent
- unruly
- inconvincible
- single-minded
- firm
- demanding
- tenacious
- inveterate
- insubordinate
- hard-shell
- stouthearted
- unflinching
- contrary
- confirmed
- unconquerable
- rigid
- hidebound
- set
- disobedient
- indomitable
- bloody-minded
- unmanageable
- intractable
- recalcitrant
- contumacious
- self-opinionated
- cantankerous
- resolved
- wayward
- relentless
- iron
- stern
- severe
- cussed
- unregenerate
- narrow-minded
- anal-retentive
- mutinous
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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, willful, unyielding, obsessive, persistent, immovable, implacable, bullheaded, mulish
complying, accepting, docile, compliant,acquiescent, complying, yielding, submissive, willing, submissive
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.
