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