Definition of pigheaded
:willfully or perversely unyielding :obstinate
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Examples of pigheaded in a Sentence
He was too pigheaded to listen to my suggestion.
the kind of pigheaded person who seems to believe that facts only confuse an issue
First Known Use of pigheaded
1637
pigheaded Synonyms
Synonyms
adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, hard-nosed, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, obstinate, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)Antonyms
acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, compliant, complying, flexible, pliable, pliant, relenting, yieldingRelated Words
anal-retentive, obsessive; wayward, wrongheaded; determined, hell-bent, inexorable, persistent, relentless, resolved, set, single-minded, steadfast, stouthearted, tenacious, unflinching; firm, hard-line, hard-shell (or hard-shelled), iron, severe, stern, strict; hidebound, narrow-minded, rigid; bloody-minded [chiefly British], cantankerous; contrary, cussed; contumacious, disobedient, froward, insubordinate, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly; defiant, insurgent, mutinous; indomitable, invincible, unconquerable; confirmed, inveterate, unregenerate; demanding, exactingNear Antonyms
docile, obedient, placable, submissive, tractable; accepting, persuadable, receptive, responsive, willing; governable, manageable, reasonable, temperate; slavish, subservientPIGHEADED Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of pigheaded for English Language Learners
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: refusing to do what other people want or to change your opinion or the way you do something : very stubborn
PIGHEADED Defined for Kids
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Definition of pigheaded for Students
:very stubborn
She was too pigheaded to listen.
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