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