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