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pig-headed

pig-headed is the alternative form of pigheaded.

Meaning of pigheaded

Adjective

pigheaded (comparative more pigheaded, superlative most pigheaded)

  1. (derogatory, mildly) Obstinate and stubborn to the point of stupidity.
    • "[…]I know yeh, yeh pig-headed devil. Yeh wanta go trompin' off with a bad hurt. It ain't right—now—Tom Jamison—it ain't.1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 105

Forms of pig-headed

comparativemore pig-headed
superlativemost pig-headed

Questions about pig-headed

What is pig-headed the alternative form of?
Pig-headed is the alternative form of pigheaded.

Words near pig-headed in the dictionary

  1. pig-farms
  2. pig-footed bandicoot
  3. pig-footed bandicoots
  4. pig-fucker
  5. pig-fuckers
  6. pig-headed
  7. pig-ignorant
  8. pig-jawed
  9. pig-nose turtle
  10. pig-nose turtles
  11. pig-nosed turtle

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