bullheadedadjective
uk/ˌbʊlˈhed.ɪd/us/ˌbʊlˈhed.ɪd/disapprovingvery determined to do what you want to do, especially without considering other people's feelings
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Strong-willed
- a firm hand idiom
- adamant
- adamantine
- aggressive
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- go-getter
- going
- gutsy
- hard-boiled
- hard-headed
- importunate
- pigheaded
- purposeful
- pushy
- ravening
- recalcitrant
- redoubtable
- will not take no for an answer idiom
- willful
- with guns blazing idiom
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Examples from literature
- And it's the same bullheaded stubbornness that'll keep you from finishing that recorder.