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单词 bullheadedness
释义

bullheaded

adjective

bull·​head·​ed ˈbu̇l-ˈhe-dəd How to pronounce bullheaded (audio)
 also  ˈbəl-
: stupidly stubborn : headstrong
bullheadedly adverb
bullheadedness noun

Synonyms

  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • dogged
  • hard
  • hard-nosed
  • hardened
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • immovable
  • implacable
  • inconvincible
  • inflexible
  • intransigent
  • mulish
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • opinionated
  • ossified
  • pat
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • self-opinionated
  • self-willed
  • stiff-necked
  • stubborn
  • unbending
  • uncompromising
  • unrelenting
  • unyielding
  • willful
  • wilful
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Example Sentences

a bullheaded boss who won't take advice from anyone a bullheaded government official who refused to bend the rules even just a little bit
Recent Examples on the Web Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020 Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020 Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020 Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020 Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020 Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020 Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020 Even the most bullheaded authorities will occasionally acknowledge this. Mark Leibovich, Star Tribune, 5 Oct. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1818, in the meaning defined above

bullheadedness

noun

as in pigheadedness
a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion bullheadedness runs in that family

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pigheadedness
  • stubbornness
  • persistence
  • intransigence
  • hardheadedness
  • obstinacy
  • doggedness
  • obduracy
  • persistency
  • willfulness
  • resolve
  • determination
  • pertinacity
  • wrongheadedness
  • mulishness
  • obdurateness
  • defiance
  • tenacity
  • self-will
  • obstinateness
  • steadfastness
  • self-opinionatedness
  • perseverance
  • opinionatedness
  • pertinaciousness
  • inflexibility
  • tenaciousness
  • rebelliousness
  • waywardness
  • perversity
  • implacability
  • perverseness
  • adamancy
  • cussedness
  • relentlessness
  • adamance
  • single-mindedness
  • inexorability
  • sternness
  • rigidity
  • anal-retentiveness
  • bloody-mindedness
  • recalcitrance
  • stick-to-itiveness
  • strictness
  • intractability
  • hardness
  • cantankerousness
  • rigidness
  • insubordination
  • inveteracy
  • contrariness
  • firmness
  • disobedience
  • immovability
  • unruliness
  • rigorousness
  • narrow-mindedness
  • contumacy
  • recalcitrancy
  • immovableness
  • refractoriness
  • frowardness
  • balkiness
  • obstreperousness
  • rigor

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • acquiescence
  • receptiveness
  • reasonableness
  • receptivity
  • acceptance
  • flexibility
  • pliancy
  • pliability
  • reasonability
  • willingness
  • obedience
  • docility
  • open-mindedness
  • broad-mindedness
  • subordination
  • compliance
  • surrender
  • slavishness
  • subservience
  • pliantness
  • submission
  • pliableness
  • subordinateness
  • subserviency
  • yielding
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