pigheaded

Examples

• All

• I don't think I ever met, a more stubborn pigheaded man than your husband, Mrs. Hawkin.

  The War Below (2021)

• Yes, I suppose you could call him pigheaded.

  Fiction book (1996)

• We English are a very pigheaded lot.

  Beat the Devil (1953)

• So I was a little pigheaded.

  Spirited (2022)

• But we're never gonna get to the bottom of it unless you open your eyes and stop being so pigheaded!

  Antibody (2002)

• I never knew anybody so pigheaded.

  Fiction book (1995)

• I was too pigheaded to realise it.

  Big Stan (2007)

• I'm afraid you are pigheaded.

  1776 (1972)

• Because he is the most pigheaded person I've ever known!

  Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)

• You are still the most pigheaded person I've ever met.

  Piranha II: The Spawning (1982)

Synonyms

S

stubborn

vspigheaded

217 2.9

Not willing to change your mind even when others try to persuade you

is the same refusal but with added sense of unreasonable foolishness

H

headstrong

vspigheaded

18 4.1

Someone who wants to do things their own way and refuses advice

is similar but stresses foolish, unreasonable refusal rather than mere will

O

obstinate

vspigheaded

16 7.5

Refusing to change your opinion or behavior even when others try to persuade you

adds a judgement of stupid obstinacy beyond mere refusal

I

intransigent

vspigheaded

8 8.1

Not willing to change views or agree with others

is less about principled refusal and more about being unreasonably foolish

W

wrongheaded

vspigheaded

6 8.0

Stubborn in keeping ideas that are wrong

is closer when the refusal is both wrong and also plainly foolish

H

hardheaded

vspigheaded

6 6.7

Refusing to change your mind even when shown evidence

adds an implied stupid or obstinate quality to that resistance

O

obdurate

vspigheaded

3 8.8

A person who refuses to change their opinion or behaviour even when others try to persuade them

carries more of an unreasonable and foolish connotation than mere firmness

B

bullheaded

vspigheaded

• Offensive

3 7.4

Refusing to change your mind even when it is not a good idea

carries the same foolish refusal but with a cruder tone

S

stiff-necked

vspigheaded

1 8.1

Not willing to change your mind or actions

signals a harsher, more foolishly unreasonable refusal to change

U

unregenerate

vspigheaded

1 9.9

Refusing to change beliefs or show regret, even when wrong

adds personal foolishness and unreasonable pride to that refusal

P

pinheaded

vspigheaded

• Offensive

1 8.0

Not willing to accept different ideas or change

is broader, meaning a more general, unreasonable and foolish refusal to change

B

bullet-headed

vspigheaded

• Offensive

9.7

Being stubborn and not clever

is about unreasonable refusal combined with an idea of obstinate foolishness

H

hammer-headed

vspigheaded

• Offensive

8.4

Not willing to change your mind even when others disagree

adds a stronger sense of personal foolishness to that unreasonable refusal

T

thran

vspigheaded

• Archaic

9.9

Not willing to change your mind or what you do

adds a sense of pointless or obstinate foolishness to that fixed refusal

A

as stubborn as an anvil

vspigheaded

• Informal

9.2

Refusing to change an opinion even when people give reasons

is similar but emphasizes unreasonable foolishness rather than sheer extremity

B

bloody-minded

vspigheaded

• Offensive

9.1

Refuses to cooperate to cause trouble

is similar but focuses more on foolish refusal than spiteful obstruction

Antonyms

F

flexible

155 3.4

Able to change or be changed to fit different situations

O

open-minded

80 3.7

Ready to listen to new ideas and accept different views

Compounds

P

pigheaded refusal

• Informal

1 8.5

A very stubborn decision not to change or listen to advice

How Stubborn

intransigent

8 8.1

pigheaded

• Offensive

9 7.8

obstinate

16 7.5

stubborn

217 2.9

resistant

20 4.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology