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