pigheadedness Sentence Examples
- The project's failure could be directly attributed to the manager's pigheadedness and unwillingness to consider alternative plans.
- Despite overwhelming evidence, his pigheadedness kept him clinging to a demonstrably false belief.
- The couple's pigheadedness in refusing to compromise was slowly driving a wedge between them.
- Her pigheadedness in always being right, even when she wasn't, made her a difficult colleague to work with.
- The donkey's stubbornness, bordering on pigheadedness, made it a challenge to train for the upcoming race.
- The negotiations stalled due to both sides' pigheadedness, leaving everyone frustrated and at a standstill.
- The doctor advised against the surgery, but the patient's pigheadedness led them to disregard the risks.
- While his determination was admirable, sometimes pigheadedness can cloud good judgment.
- The general's military strategy reeked of pigheadedness, prioritizing glory over the well-being of his troops.
- Laughter filled the room as they reminisced about their youthful pigheadedness and the scrapes it landed them in.
pigheadedness Meaning
pigheadedness (n)
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
Synonyms & Antonyms of pigheadedness
Synonyms:
- persistence
- obstinacy
- obduracy
- doggedness
- willfulness
- persistency
- bullheadedness
- intransigence
- resolve
- self-will
- determination
- pertinacity
- hardheadedness
- stubbornness
Antonyms:
- obedience
- reasonableness
- pliability
- flexibility
- reasonability
- subordination
- receptivity
- willingness
- flexibility
- compliance
- acceptance
- receptiveness
- subordination
- docility
- reasonability
- compliance
- acquiescence
- pliability
- obedience
- receptiveness
- pliancy
- willingness
- docility
- pliancy
- reasonableness
- acquiescence
- acceptance
- receptivity
Synonyms:
- rigor
- cussedness
- insubordination
- contrariness
- immovableness
- bloody-mindedness
- contumacy
- rigidness
- rigorousness
- balkiness
- unruliness
- sternness
- obstreperousness
- recalcitrancy
- disobedience
- implacability
- relentlessness
- adamancy
- frowardness
- firmness
- hardness
- strictness
- refractoriness
- rigidity
- intractability
- cantankerousness
- narrow-mindedness
- recalcitrance
- anal-retentiveness
- inveteracy
- stick-to-itiveness
- inexorability
- immovability
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word pigheadedness
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
persistence, obstinacy, obduracy, doggedness, willfulness, persistency, bullheadedness, intransigence, resolve, self-will
obedience, reasonableness, pliability, flexibility, reasonability, subordination, receptivity, willingness, flexibility, compliance
The project's failure could be directly attributed to the manager's pigheadedness and unwillingness to consider alternative plans.
Despite overwhelming evidence, his pigheadedness kept him clinging to a demonstrably false belief.
The couple's pigheadedness in refusing to compromise was slowly driving a wedge between them.
Her pigheadedness in always being right, even when she wasn't, made her a difficult colleague to work with.
