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