pigheaded

See also: pig-headed

English

Etymology

From pig +‎ headed.

Adjective

pigheaded (comparative more pigheaded, superlative most pigheaded)

1. (mildly derogatory) Obstinate and stubborn to the point of stupidity.
   • 1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 105:

     " […] I know yeh, yeh pig-headed devil. Yeh wanta go trompin' off with a bad hurt. It ain't right—now—Tom Jamison—it ain't.

Alternative forms

• pig-headed

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Derived terms

• pigheadedly
• pigheadedness

Translations

Translations

• Breton: pennek (br)
• Bulgarian: упорит (bg) (uporit), твърдоглав (bg) (tvǎrdoglav)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 固执的

• Finnish: härkäpäinen (fi)
• German: starrsinnig (de), stur (de)
• Malay: degil
• Romanian: încăpățânat (ro), îndărătnic (ro)