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
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigheaded
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Month over month, that would be the same stubborn pace that has persisted for more than two years.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
24 Oct. 2025
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Results show that microbial iron mining can immobilize toxic metals and convert stubborn pollutants into less harmful compounds.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Back in January 2024, when Sportico was first to report on Florida State’s conversations with Sixth Street and Arctos Partners, many around the process were adamant to point out that those conversations were private credit (or private capital), not private equity.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Giuffre was adamant that the pain, including several attempts at suicide in the past few years, was part of her story.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Pigheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigheaded. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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