pig-headed
Britishadjective
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“You have to adjust. Don’t be pig-headed and say we’re just going to keep doing X, Y and Z because it was good for us with the group a year ago or two years ago.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2021
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
So begins the first line of dialogue in the comic, placed in a thought bubble above the head of a pig-headed, midget-bodied figure in a Spider-Man costume.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2018
But Gosling, who plays a pig-headed pianist earning a crust playing easy-listening standards, gets one of the highlights to himself, casually singing the tentative City of Stars as he strolls along a pier at night.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2018
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 Trollope, Frances Eleanor
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