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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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“You have to adjust. Don’t be pig-headed and say we’re just going to keep doing X, Y and Z because it was good for us with the group a year ago or two years ago.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2021

And we should embrace that pig-headed unwillingness to give up, even when it seems like giving up is the only option.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2020

He wasn’t violent or aggressive, but he was pig-headed.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2019

So begins the first line of dialogue in the comic, placed in a thought bubble above the head of a pig-headed, midget-bodied figure in a Spider-Man costume.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2018

He was a pig-headed man into the bargain, and would listen to no remonstrance.

From The Invasion by Le Queux, William