Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Stupidly obstinate. synonym: obstinate.
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- adjective pejorative
Obstinate andstubborn to the point ofstupidity .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many a time he had berated his friend for what he termed his pigheaded obstinacy.
Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst Arthur Hornblow 1903
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Whether he made that decision because Mayor Koch had previously called him "pigheaded" on another issue, or whether he was channeling the Executive Chamber, has never been determined.
Henry J. Stern: Cathie Black: But Can She Teach? Henry J. Stern 2010
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Whether he made that decision because Mayor Koch had previously called him "pigheaded" on another issue, or whether he was channeling the Executive Chamber, has never been determined.
Henry J. Stern: Cathie Black: But Can She Teach? Henry J. Stern 2010
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Its primary requirement is a kind of pigheaded refusal to go give up.
Archive 2007-03-01 Bruce Schauble 2007
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Its primary requirement is a kind of pigheaded refusal to go give up.
Puzzling Bruce Schauble 2007
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I don't particularly agree with much of what the reader argued, but I didn't find him "pigheaded" either.
I Hate What You Love 2005
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Earlier this week former Wallabies coach Bob Dwyer called Deans "pigheaded" after that recent defeat and ex-Test hooker Jeremy Paul, during The Rugby Club on Fox Sports, went so far as to call for Deans to be sacked if the team lose this weekend.
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This nicely tuned road trip novel from 2009 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award-winner King begins in Ohio, where April Shea is a "pigheaded" 14-year-old girl who experiments with pot and constantly squabbles with her single mother, Marcy.
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Look up the word "pigheaded," and you might just find its definition illustrated with Mike Bloomberg's picture.
NY Post: News 2009
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That is using pigheaded futile tactics or well thought out strategies.
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