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