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单词 pigheadedness
释义

pigheaded

adjective

pig·​head·​ed ˈpig-ˌhe-dəd How to pronounce pigheaded (audio)
: willfully or perversely unyielding : obstinate
pigheadedly adverb
pigheadedness noun

Synonyms

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

He was too pigheaded to listen to my suggestion. the kind of pigheaded person who seems to believe that facts only confuse an issue
Recent Examples on the Web Countless efforts to defuse the crisis showed initial promise and then collapsed—Emperor Honorius, based in Ravenna, proved pigheaded and duplicitous. Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 9 June 2020 Just five years after the Spurs prompted widespread headlines (and much pigheaded skepticism) by hiring ex-WNBA star Becky Hammon as the first female assistant coach in NBA history, coverage of Toronto's move was relatively muted. Dan Greene, SI.com, 24 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1637, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

pigheaded

adjective

pig·​head·​ed ˈpig-ˈhe-dəd How to pronounce pigheaded (audio)
: very stubborn She was too pigheaded to listen.

pigheadedness

noun

as in stubbornness
a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion thanks to your pigheadedness we missed our only chance to buy the house at a reasonable price

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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