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