pigheaded (Meaning)
pigheaded (s)
obstinate and stupid
Synonyms & Antonyms of pigheaded
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Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- obsessive
- opinionated
- mulish
- pat
- dogged
- headstrong
- intransigent
- steadfast
- unbending
- perverse
- pertinacious
- hard-nosed
- wilful
- hardened
- uncompromising
- bullheaded
- self-willed
- unrelenting
- determined
- inflexible
- immovable
- willful
- obstinate
- persistent
- hardheaded
- unyielding
- strict
- adamantine
- hard
- implacable
- stiff-necked
- ossified
- obdurate
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- cussed
- unconquerable
- bloody-minded
- recalcitrant
- hard-shell
- contrary
- hell-bent
- contumacious
- uncooperative
- wayward
- hard-line
- inconvincible
- relentless
- cantankerous
- insurgent
- hidebound
- ungovernable
- stouthearted
- intractable
- unmanageable
- wrongheaded
- firm
- insubordinate
- inveterate
- mutinous
- invincible
- rigid
- defiant
- self-opinionated
- resolved
- hard-shelled
- deaf to reason
- unruly
- tenacious
- demanding
- disobedient
- single-minded
- unflinching
- anal-retentive
- unregenerate
- inexorable
- indomitable
- set
- stern
- severe
- refractory
- narrow-minded
- confirmed
- iron
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pigheaded Sentence Examples
- The general's pigheaded insistence on a frontal assault resulted in heavy losses.
- Despite Sarah's warnings, her pigheaded brother jumped into the freezing lake.
- The negotiations went nowhere; both sides were too pigheaded to budge on their demands.
- The pigheaded toddler refused to wear anything other than his red dinosaur pajamas.
- "I told you so!" her pigheadedness only served to further annoy her friends.
- We needed a creative solution, not his usual pigheaded approach to every problem.
- The pigheaded king refused to listen to his advisors, leading to a rebellion.
- Sometimes you have to admit you're wrong, don't be so pigheaded.
- Despite mounting evidence, the scientist maintained his pigheaded belief in his theory.
- Working with a pigheaded colleague can be incredibly frustrating.
FAQs About the word pigheaded
obstinate and stupid
stubborn, adamant, obsessive, opinionated, mulish, pat, dogged, headstrong, intransigent,steadfast
yielding, accepting, compliant, pliant, willing, amenable, flexible, compliant, obedient, flexible
The general's pigheaded insistence on a frontal assault resulted in heavy losses.
Despite Sarah's warnings, her pigheaded brother jumped into the freezing lake.
The negotiations went nowhere; both sides were too pigheaded to budge on their demands.
The pigheaded toddler refused to wear anything other than his red dinosaur pajamas.
