Definitions

wrong-headed

ADJECTIVE

dogmatic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arbitrary arrogant assertive categorical emphatic fanatical intolerant obstinate stubborn unequivocal

WEAK

bigoted bullheaded cocksure confident definite despotic determined dictative doctrinaire domineering downright egotistical formal high-and-mighty imperious magisterial narrow-minded obdurate one-sided overbearing peremptory pigheaded prejudiced stiff-necked tenacious tyrannical

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ambiguous equivocal impartial indefinite vague willing yielding

WEAK

amenable doubtful doubting dubious flexible fluctuating indecisive manageable not positive obedient questioning skeptical submissive uncertain vacillating

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Wrong-headed, defective as they are, we would not have them otherwise.

From The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature by Nordby, Conrad Hjalmar

Wrong-headed men and thick-headed men are unfortunately too numerous in all times and places.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 by Various

Wrong-headed, dense, perverse as Leam was, her filial piety was at the least both touching and sincere, she said to herself, a pang passing through her heart.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 by Various

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