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pig-headed

ADJECTIVE
stubborn
Synonyms
WEAK
bullheaded contrary dense froward headstrong inflexible insistent intractable mulish obstinate perverse recalcitrant self-willed stiff-necked stupid unyielding willful

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Maas succeeded where more than 99% failed by being smart, sometimes pig-headed and, in the end, lucky.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Even a stubborn, pig-headed jackass like Mr. Henderson acknowledges that Magaro and Orion Lee have great chemistry together.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2020

"It's so foolish of the bullies to punish the charities. Totally pig-headed and stupid."

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2019

In the film, Phogat is shown as a towering figure who combines patriarchal autocracy with tender affection bordering on sentimentalism: he is totally pig-headed, and unrelenting in his fanatical determination that his girls must excel.

From The Guardian • Jan. 21, 2017

Julie is stubborn,—she's positively pig-headed, if she takes a notion.

From In the Onyx Lobby by Wells, Carolyn