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