Meanings
comparative more pigheaded · superlative most pigheaded · alternative pig-headed
- derogatorymildlyObstinate and stubborn to the point of stupidity.
"[…]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.
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveobstinate and stupid
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishpyge heddyde
- Englishpigheaded
From Middle English pyge heddyde, equivalent to pig + headed.
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Bulgarian упорит, твърдоглав
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Chinese Mandarin 固执的
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Finnish härkäpäinen
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German starrsinnig, stur
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Malay degil
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Romanian încăpățânat, îndărătnic
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pigheaded. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pigheaded
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