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