pig-headed
Britishadjective
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He was the college's star student but still gloriously pig-headed.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
Maas succeeded where more than 99% failed by being smart, sometimes pig-headed and, in the end, lucky.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2024
Even a stubborn, pig-headed jackass like Mr. Henderson acknowledges that Magaro and Orion Lee have great chemistry together.
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2020
He wasn’t violent or aggressive, but he was pig-headed.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 24, 2019
A strongly-marked trait in Owen's character was what Mrs. Hadlow, being hotly provoked by some manifestation of it, had once designated as "pig-headed modesty!"
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Frances Eleanor Trollope
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