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1. • • pigheaded adjective disapproving uk / ˌpɪɡˈhed.ɪd / us / ˌpɪɡˈhed.ɪd / Add to word list showing unreasonable support for an opinion or plan of action and refusing to change or listen to different opinions
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   What does a pig-headed man mean?

   • A pig-headed man is someone who, like a pig, will do exactly the opposite of what other people wish him to do, making him an obstinate individual. The term comes from the phrase 'a pig-headed man' which means 'having a head' of a certain kind, as in the figurative sense of being stubborn or obstinate.

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   What does the term 'pig-headed' mean?

   • The term 'pig-headed' dates back to 1610s, originally meaning 'having a head resembling a pig'. By 1788, it had taken on the figurative meaning of 'stupid and obstinate, unreasonably set in mind'.

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   What does pigheaded mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! PIGHEADED definition: 1. showing unreasonable support for an opinion or plan of action and refusing to change or listen…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean if a farmer is pigheaded?

   • It is sometimes said that the farmer is very ignorant or very pigheaded. We call such people stubborn, or even pigheaded. We all know that if the magistrates are pigheaded they will not consult the clerk, and the clerk cannot in any circumstances insist on consultation.

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   • Pigheaded in Simplified Chinese

     PIGHEADED translate: 顽固的，固执的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     pigheaded translate: 頑固的，固執的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Pigheaded Spanish Translation

     pigheaded translate: terco, testarudo, obstinado. Learn more...

   • Pigheaded in Russian

     PIGHEADED translate: упрямый . Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   If you describe someone as pig-headed, you are critical of them because they refuse to change their mind about things, and you think they are unreasonable. [disapproval] She, in her pig-headed way, insists that she is right and that everyone else is wrong.

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   The meaning of PIGHEADED is willfully or perversely unyielding : obstinate. How to use pigheaded in a sentence.

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   Someone who's extremely stubborn, refusing to change their mind even when it's in their best interest, is pigheaded. It's almost impossible to get a pigheaded person to listen to your advice.

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   Pigheaded definition: stupidly obstinate; stubborn. See examples of PIGHEADED used in a sentence.

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   Definition of pig-headed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   showing unreasonable support for an opinion or plan of action and refusing to change or listen to different opinions. Synonyms. bullheaded disapproving. cussed old-fashioned disapproving. obdurate formal disapproving. obstinate usually disapproving. stubborn disapproving. Compare.