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adjective pig·head·ed \ˈpig-ˌhe-dəd\

Definition of pigheaded

  1. :  willfully or perversely unyielding :  obstinate

pigheadedly

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pigheadedness

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Examples of pigheaded in a Sentence

  1. He was too pigheaded to listen to my suggestion.

  2. the kind of pigheaded person who seems to believe that facts only confuse an issue

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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, yielding
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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, exacting
Near Antonyms
docile, obedient, placable, submissive, tractable; accepting, persuadable, receptive, responsive, willing; governable, manageable, reasonable, temperate; slavish, subservient

PIGHEADED Defined for English Language Learners

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Definition of pigheaded for English Language Learners

  • : 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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adjective pig·head·ed \ˈpig-ˈhe-dəd\

Definition of pigheaded for Students

  1. :  very stubborn She was too pigheaded to listen.

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