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I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.
Katharine Whitehorn

Meaning of "pig-headed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PIG-HEADED

pig-headed play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PIG-HEADED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pig-Headed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PIG-HEADED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pig-headed in the English dictionary

The definition of pig-headed in the dictionary is stupidly stubborn.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PIG-HEADED

pig farmer
pig fern
pig in the middle
pig industry
pig iron
Pig Island
Pig Islander
pig it
Pig Latin
pig out
pig-headedly
pig-headedness
pig-ignorant
pig-jump
pig-out
pig-root
pig-sconce
pig´s arse
pig´s bum
pig´s ear

WORDS THAT END LIKE PIG-HEADED

baldheaded
bareheaded
beaded
big-headed
boneheaded
breaded
clear-headed
cool-headed
empty-headed
hard-headed
headed
hot-headed
leaded
level-headed
light-headed
loaded
red-headed
towheaded
unleaded
white-headed
wrong-headed

Synonyms and antonyms of pig-headed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PIG-HEADED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pig-headed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pig-headed

Translation of «pig-headed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PIG-HEADED

Find out the translation of pig-headed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pig-headed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pig-headed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

猪头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

testarudo
570 millions of speakers

English

pig-headed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुअर की अध्यक्षता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التي يرأسها الخنازير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несговорчивого
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cabeçudo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শূকর কেশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

une tête de cochon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepala babi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

dickköpfig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

豚の頭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돼지 머리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Babi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lợn đầu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பன்றி தலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डुक्कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

domuz kafalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pig-headed
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pig -headed
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незговірливого
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cu cap de porc
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεροκέφαλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vark-headed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gris -headed
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pig -headed
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pig-headed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PIG-HEADED»

The term «pig-headed» is regularly used and occupies the 92.014 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PIG-HEADED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pig-headed

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QUOTES WITH «PIG-HEADED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pig-headed.
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Katharine Whitehorn
I am firm. You are obstinate. He is a pig-headed fool.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIG-HEADED»

Discover the use of pig-headed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pig-headed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pig-Headed Sailor Men From The Strange Adventure of James ...
PIG-HEADED SAILOR MEN FROM THE STRANGE ADVENTURE OF JAMES SHERVINTON AND OTHER STORIES LOUIS BECKE PUBLISHED BY THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA PigHeaded Sailor Men From The Strange Adventure of ...
Louis Becke
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Argumentation--perspectives and Approaches: Proceedings of ...
The following belong to those expressions which are the verbal means, in a variety of forms, used to convince by their systematic use in order to establish a sign relationship between argument and point of view: I think that Mary is pig- headed, ...
Frans H. van Eemeren, 1987
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Perspectives and Approaches
teenagers ggg pig—headed. — being pig—headed is a mark of being a teenager . — teenagers are pig—headed by nature. — teenagers are by nature pig— headed. — pig-headedness is typical of teenagers. — pig-headedness is a typical ...
Mouton De Gruyter, 1987
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Fundamentals of Critical Argumentation
I am firm, you are obstinate, he is a pig-headed fool. I am righteously indignant, you are annoyed, he is making a fuss over nothing. I have reconsidered the matter, you have changed your mind, he has gone back on his word.3 Terms such as ...
Douglas Walton, 2006
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Emily Climbs: Emily Trilogy, #2
But a pig-headed person is onewhoistoostupid to see or understand the foolishness of a certain courseand insists on takingit- insists, in short, on running full tilt into a stone wall. "No, I amnot pig-headed.Iaccept stone walls. "But I takeagood ...
L.M. Montgomery
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The Emily Chronicles (Extended Annotated Edition)
“Am I pig-headed? "I know I am determined, and Aunt Elizabeth says I am stubborn. But pig-headedness is worse than either of those. Determination is a good quality and even stubbornness has a saving grace in it if you have a little gumption ...
Lucy Maud Montgomery, 2013
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Narrative Approaches to Brain Injury:
From this, Katrina was able identify that it was a “refusal”, and when I asked her to characterise this refusal through asking her what sort of refusal it was, she replied , “A pig-headed refusal.” Links were made with the pig-headed determination ...
Stephen Weatherhead, David Todd, 2013
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THE JEWELER'S STONE
“You owe Tom here, an apology. I mean it, Jack. If you weren't so dog headed, you...” “Pig-headed.” “What?” Jason looked at me. “Pig-headed. The expression is pig-headed.” I explained. “Thank you!” He said. “If you weren't so pig-headed, ...
Louis M. Serra
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Spider Web
You were just too pig-headed to listen.” JJ laughed. “Pig-headed?” Matthew questioned. “Is that what I am.” “You don't know the half of it,” JJ teased. “All right,” Matthew said, slowing the truck. “This is the turn off to the mission but I'm of a mind ...
P. J. Mills, 2010
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The Edinburgh Medical Journal
Common-sense people are pig-headed, and think that if an ordinary man kicks you, and you thrash him in consequence, and give him to understand that the next time he raises his foot with a similar intention you will repeat the chastisement, ...
‎1871

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIG-HEADED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pig-headed is used in the context of the following news items.
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STATE OF PEOPLE'S ADDRESS | 8 key areas that describe where …
... concern about its supposed benefits, his pig-headed defense of the DAP unveiled his government's true nature as just another abusive, elitist ... «InterAksyon, Jul 15»
2
A case of barking up wrong tree
While he could be accused of being pig-headed about importing the kauri type in question, it didn't warrant dawn raids. His plan to sue MPI will ... «Wanganui Chronicle, Jul 15»
3
PTI's response
He has looked every bit as immature, pig-headed, arrogant and foolish throughout this adventure as many who know him well claim is his real ... «Daily Times, Jul 15»
4
The Galactico Revolution Began 15 Years Ago Today
Fifteen years ago today, Luis Figo signed for Real Madrid. It was one of the most controversial and pig-headed transfers of all time. Literally. «VICE, Jul 15»
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Bill Heaney: disused church could be the solution to Gartocharn …
Members of the public claim he wants simply to get his snout into the money trough and that he is being pig-headed and seeking sympathy by ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jul 15»
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#dnaEdit: Jottings of the week.....
Every group could boast of one lazy Jughead and a pig-headed strongman Moose. Sadly, the man who made it all happen has now moved to a ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
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Rail Cuts Surely Leave HS2 in Danger of Derailment
"If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through." The complete shredding of the proposals ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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'Check your privilege' sounds smug, but it's just a call for …
At the time I just assumed he was being pig-headed. But then I started to think about how he could say that. When we're not spitting mashed ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
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To lose so much of an important industry seems economically suicidal,
... industry seems economically suicidal, and one could debate all day whether it was the fault of intransigent unions, pig-headed management, ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
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Commission's job is to protect the beauty and magic of football
It would be pig-headed to suggest the football early in the season was not more scintillating than sinning. Every team desperate to win, keen to ... «The Australian, Jul 15»

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