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单词 bullheaded
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Definition of bullheaded in English:

bullheaded

adjective bʊlˈhɛdɪdˌbʊlˈhɛdəd
  • Determined in an obstinate and unthinking way.

    a bullheaded belief that she is right
    Example sentencesExamples
    • New London may have proceeded in a bullheaded fashion, and ideally voters can evict officeholders who behave that way.
    • But, hard work and a bullheaded attitude pay off in the long run.
    • I'm very bullheaded, I get too fired-up about stuff, and it was apparent I needed to step away from that role.
    • Within the sanctified walls of Burton Snowboards, which puts on the U.S. Open, the posture toward the Olympics remains more bullheaded than bullish.
    • Beef producers are bullheaded in recommending beef and beefing up scientific evidences to prove their point.
    • Mike was bullheaded and he was gonna do it his way.
    • Yes, weak, that was the only word Adam could think of to describe what this strong, bullheaded teenager looked like at that particular moment.
    • Given the bullheaded quality of recent events, this looks pretty scary to the rest of the world.
    • As quiet as he is off the ice, he's a stubborn, bullheaded Irishman when they blow the whistle to start the game.
    • If we back down, we'll lose credibility, but if we go to war we'll look like bullheaded unilateralists.
    • All they have is their stubborn bullheaded desire to one-up each other.
    • I might be bullheaded and a little rash, but I'm not stupid, Harry.
    • Indeed, his serial attacks on certain subjects, be they flowering trees or allegories of encroaching blindness, suggest a bullheaded tenacity.
    • But stigma is an understandable attempt to deal with the fact that people do all kinds of lousy or naive or bullheaded things.
    • Next, they should - to paraphrase Shakespeare - kill all the consultants (and, while they're at it, do away with the bullheaded pollsters, too).
    • You Americans can be bullheaded, stupid and crazy.
    • Nick is also insensitive, chauvinistic, bullheaded and crass.
    • With minimal finger-pointing, The Syrian Bride is a beautifully shot story that makes both sides of the conflict look equally bullheaded.
    • They are bullheaded enough, hard-line enough for their own ideological prejudices to carry the day in the end.
    • But it is more tragic when someone dies because they have nowhere to go, than when only their own bullheaded stupidity is to blame.
    Synonyms
    stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined

Derivatives

  • bullheadedly

  • adverb
    • He bullheadedly attempts to avenge while Duncan seeks out an old friend.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Everybody is so damn busy preening, interrupting, bullheadedly pushing their pet peeve, etc… that they seldom hear what actually goes on.
      • Cool Hand Luke is a moving character study of a non-conformist, anti-hero loner who bullheadedly resists authority and the Establishment.
      • Thus Guderian bullheadedly ignored von Kleist's order and then had the audacity to debate its merits.
      • He's the muscle, storming into every situation bullheadedly.
  • bullheadedness

  • noun
    • Part of me wishes that I could keep disagreeing, out of sheer bullheadedness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And he is stubborn to the point of bullheadedness, refusing to ever admit that a plan isn't working or that a different approach might be necessary.
      • Yes, bullheadedness does run in his family, but I'm sure you are quite more convincing than you give yourself credit for.
      • Casino showed the bullheadedness that makes them one of the toughest teams in the comp and simply refused to admit the game was lost while the Gold Rats assumed they'd done enough.
      • These forces were threatening the domestics to the point where both sides knew some progress simply had to be made and that served to defang the militancy and bullheadedness that have characterized negotiations heretofore.
 
 

Definition of bullheaded in US English:

bullheaded

adjectiveˌbo͝olˈhedədˌbʊlˈhɛdəd
  • Determined in an obstinate and unthinking way.

    a bullheaded belief that she is right
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Indeed, his serial attacks on certain subjects, be they flowering trees or allegories of encroaching blindness, suggest a bullheaded tenacity.
    • But, hard work and a bullheaded attitude pay off in the long run.
    • Given the bullheaded quality of recent events, this looks pretty scary to the rest of the world.
    • But it is more tragic when someone dies because they have nowhere to go, than when only their own bullheaded stupidity is to blame.
    • As quiet as he is off the ice, he's a stubborn, bullheaded Irishman when they blow the whistle to start the game.
    • If we back down, we'll lose credibility, but if we go to war we'll look like bullheaded unilateralists.
    • I might be bullheaded and a little rash, but I'm not stupid, Harry.
    • Yes, weak, that was the only word Adam could think of to describe what this strong, bullheaded teenager looked like at that particular moment.
    • New London may have proceeded in a bullheaded fashion, and ideally voters can evict officeholders who behave that way.
    • They are bullheaded enough, hard-line enough for their own ideological prejudices to carry the day in the end.
    • You Americans can be bullheaded, stupid and crazy.
    • Beef producers are bullheaded in recommending beef and beefing up scientific evidences to prove their point.
    • Within the sanctified walls of Burton Snowboards, which puts on the U.S. Open, the posture toward the Olympics remains more bullheaded than bullish.
    • All they have is their stubborn bullheaded desire to one-up each other.
    • With minimal finger-pointing, The Syrian Bride is a beautifully shot story that makes both sides of the conflict look equally bullheaded.
    • Next, they should - to paraphrase Shakespeare - kill all the consultants (and, while they're at it, do away with the bullheaded pollsters, too).
    • I'm very bullheaded, I get too fired-up about stuff, and it was apparent I needed to step away from that role.
    • Nick is also insensitive, chauvinistic, bullheaded and crass.
    • But stigma is an understandable attempt to deal with the fact that people do all kinds of lousy or naive or bullheaded things.
    • Mike was bullheaded and he was gonna do it his way.
    Synonyms
    stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined
 
 
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