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