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hardheaded

hardheaded adjective: stubborn; wilful.

Adjective

hardheaded (comparative more hardheaded or harderheaded, superlative most hardheaded or hardestheaded)

  1. Stubborn; wilful.
  2. Realistic; pragmatic.

hardheaded meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Tagalog and Indonesian

hardheaded in Tamil

கடியன்

hardheaded in Kannada

ವ್ಯವಹಾರಶೀಲ, ಭಾವುಕತೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ನಿರ್ದಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯವಾದ, ವಾಸ್ತವ ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯ, ಹಠಮಾರಿ

hardheaded in Tagalog

stubborn
tigas ng ulo

hardheaded in Indonesian

stubborn
keras kepala

Synonyms of hardheaded

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Forms of hardheaded

comparativemore hardheaded
comparativeharderheaded
superlativemost hardheaded
superlativehardestheaded
alternative formhard-headed

Origin of hardheaded

From hard + headed. First appears c. mid-15th century in the writings of Osbern Bokenam.

Words formed from hardheaded

Questions about hardheaded

What does hardheaded mean?
Hardheaded means stubborn; wilful.
What is hardheaded in Tamil?
Hardheaded in Tamil is கடியன். See Hardheaded meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hardheaded?
Hardheaded is an adjective.

Words near hardheaded in the dictionary

  1. hardhandedly
  2. hardhandedness
  3. hardhat
  4. hardhats
  5. hardhead
  6. hardheaded
  7. hardheadedly
  8. hardheadedness
  9. hardheads
  10. hardhearted
  11. hardheartedly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hardheaded (page history and authors); hardheaded (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hardheaded (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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