PIGHEADED Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

pigheaded

adjective

ˈpig-ˌhe-dəd

Definition of pigheaded

as in stubborn

sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion the kind of pigheaded person who seems to believe that facts only confuse an issue

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Recent Examples of pigheaded After testing what appears to be a faulty metal detector at the football field, the pigheaded space cop crashes Rushville’s town-hall meeting and is under the impression that its leader, Sheriff Kerry Kane, is talking about him. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026 McPartlin will play Detective Mike Garner, a pigheaded CRASH detective who quickly shuts Bosch down for overstepping. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026 Easy to roll your eyes at from the opening scene and increasingly pigheaded in all of the ones that follow, Man-su starts off a long way from likable and tumbles much lower in our estimation from there. — Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2025 There isn’t much that can be done if someone is pigheaded and insistent on ruining Thanksgiving for everyone involved. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 Countless efforts to defuse the crisis showed initial promise and then collapsed—Emperor Honorius, based in Ravenna, proved pigheaded and duplicitous. — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 9 June 2020 Just five years after the Spurs prompted widespread headlines (and much pigheaded skepticism) by hiring ex-WNBA star Becky Hammon as the first female assistant coach in NBA history, coverage of Toronto's move was relatively muted. — Dan Greene, SI.com, 24 Sep. 2019

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The Federal Reserve is also hiking rates again to rein in stubborn inflation.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Pair that with five years of stubborn inflation, and workers are losing even more ground.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

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