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