pig-headed
Britishadjective
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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
And we should embrace that pig-headed unwillingness to give up, even when it seems like giving up is the only option.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2020
In the film, Phogat is shown as a towering figure who combines patriarchal autocracy with tender affection bordering on sentimentalism: he is totally pig-headed, and unrelenting in his fanatical determination that his girls must excel.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 21, 2017
I can be a little mite pig-headed myself, if I set out to be.
From The Postmaster by Lincoln, Joseph C.
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