Meanings
comparative more bullheaded · superlative most bullheaded
- Unreasonably stubborn.
John was so bullheaded that he kept driving and refused to stop for directions, even after getting hopelessly lost.
1 more example
“I know, my dear. I’ve lived with these bullheaded Sartorises for eighty years, and I’ll never give a single ghost of ’em the satisfaction of shedding a tear over him. What did Horace’s message say?”
1964 [1929], William Faulkner, Sartoris (The Collected Works of William Faulkner), London: Chatto & Windus, page 23
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveobstinate and stupid
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish härkäpäinen, jääräpäinen
- härkäpäinenunreasonably stubborn
- jääräpäinenunreasonably stubborn
Portuguese teimoso
- teimosounreasonably stubborn
Swedish tjurskallig
- tjurskalligunreasonably stubborn
Cite this entry
bullheaded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bullheaded
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