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
It was sheer bull-headedness, that's what it was!
From Frank Merriwell at Yale by Burt L. Standish
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
"It is his confounded bull-headedness that has got us into this scrape," thought poor Pike, for the twentieth time, but the soldier in him came to the fore and demanded action—action.
From Sunset Pass or Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land by Charles King
