hardheaded
or hard-head·ed
not easily moved or deceived; practical; shrewd.
obstinate; stubborn; willful.
Origin of hardheaded
1Other words for hardheaded
Other words from hardheaded
- hard·head·ed·ly, adverb
- hard·head·ed·ness, noun
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How to use hardheaded in a sentence
It hurt to see that what he'd considered hardheadedness was just another case of a fool fighting dragons with a paper sword.
Police Your Planet | Lester del ReyIndeed, I think she holds to it all the tighter for her hardheadedness in every-day affairs.
A Poor Man's House | Stephen Sydney ReynoldsHe saw and regarded that persistency which had been the making of the man in Jean Baptiste as "hardheadedness."
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxHe lacks the phlegmatic nature of the German and the logical hardheadedness of the Briton.
Victor Hugo: His Life and Works | G. Barnett SmithHe has big, solid barns, and money in the bank, and a reputation for hardheadedness.
Great Possessions | David Grayson
British Dictionary definitions for hard-headed
tough, realistic, or shrewd; not moved by sentiment
mainly US and Canadian stubborn; obstinate
Derived forms of hard-headed
- hard-headedly, adverb
- hard-headedness, noun
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