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pigheaded

[pig-hed-id]

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adjective

stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.

RELATED WORDS

bullheaded, contrary, dense, forward, headstrong, inflexible, insistent, intractable, mulish, obstinate, perverse, recalcitrant, stupid, unyielding, willful, self-willed, stiff-necked

Origin of pigheaded

1610–20; pig¹ + -headed

Related formspig·head·ed·ly, adverbpig·head·ed·ness, noun

Synonyms for pigheaded

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bullheaded, mulish.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for pigheaded

Historical Examples of pigheaded

He could be pigheaded at times, but his sense of justice was as keen as a whip.
The Man the Martians Made
Frank Belknap Long
There was nobody that he respected more than that pigheaded Peter.
Old Man Savarin and Other Stories
Edward William Thomson
Are 262 you going to unload a lot more on her just because you want to be pigheaded.
Crooked Trails and Straight
William MacLeod Raine
No idea that he had ever been pigheaded and wrong had ever been driven into his dull brain.
True to His Home
Hezekiah Butterworth
Oh, pigheaded is a better word, at times, if you insist on the truth!
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane
Dorothy Wayne

Word Origin and History for pigheaded

adj.

also pig-headed, see pig (n.) + headed. Usually, but not always, figurative.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper