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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PIG-HEADED

PIG-HEADED Pig "-head `ed, a.

Defn: Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn. B. Jonson. -- Pig "-head `ed *ness, n.

Oxford Dictionary

pig-headed

pig-headed ▶adjective stupidly obstinate. DERIVATIVES pig-headedly adverb, pig-headedness noun

Oxford Thesaurus

pig-headed

pig-headed adjective obstinate, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, mulish, bull-headed, obdurate, headstrong, self-willed, wilful, perverse, contrary, recalcitrant, refractory, stiff-necked; tenacious, dogged, single-minded, inflexible, uncompromising, adamant, intractable, intransigent, unyielding, unmalleable, unpersuadable.