bull-headed
adjective
blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
bull-headedness
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a word derived from
bull-headed.
Example Sentences
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In them we see the classic scenario of the adult child exasperated by her parents’ apparent bull-headedness, but here it comes with a possible twist.
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2015
We only won by main strength and bull-headedness, and Rosecrans's good management.
From Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign by John McElroy
It’s a fire your pauper sweetheart started, and you’ve arranged, by your infernal bull-headedness, to let it burn.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
But it looked more like bull-headedness to them.
From The Bondboy by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
It was sheer bull-headedness, that's what it was!
From Frank Merriwell at Yale by Burt L. Standish
