Adjective : pigheaded resistance. From Dictionary.com.
Many a time he had berated his friend for what he termed his pigheaded obstinacy. From Wordnik.com. [Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst] Reference
Its primary requirement is a kind of pigheaded refusal to go give up. From Wordnik.com. [Puzzling] Reference
I don't particularly agree with much of what the reader argued, but I didn't find him "pigheaded" either. From Wordnik.com. [I Hate What You Love] Reference
Look up the word "pigheaded," and you might just find its definition illustrated with Mike Bloomberg's picture. From Wordnik.com. [NY Post: News] Reference
She was always a pigheaded, stiff-necked creature. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
Charge in pigheaded, leaving the women to mind the store. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
Whether pigheaded or not, Ayala was certainly self-willed. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
Varthlokkur, why did you have to be such a pigheaded fool?. From Wordnik.com. [An Ill Fate Marshalling]
Just as she blurted, "Kiron, I have been a pigheaded goose-". From Wordnik.com. [Aerie]
But I was greedy to see action, and pigheaded, and I went. '. From Wordnik.com. [A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old] Reference
"Then why were you so pigheaded about taking this shortcut?". From Wordnik.com. [The Harp of Imach Thyssel]
But, today, he -- the president was so pigheaded and partisan. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2007] Reference
"The captain is a canny, suspicious, pigheaded old Scottish-man!". From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
Lord Gartheser was just pigheaded and prejudiced and interfering. From Wordnik.com. [Exile's Honor]
But Mr. Bonforte would stay 'stubborn' or 'mulish' or 'pigheaded.'. From Wordnik.com. [Double Star]
"If you ask me, you're being foolish and pigheaded," Gert insisted. From Wordnik.com. [A Baby For Emily]
I'm going to win, because nobody is as stubborn and pigheaded as I am. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 11, 2002] Reference
"Good luck," said Sadie, "Rose is a darling girl but; very pigheaded.". From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Named Rose]
She had thought him to be a pigheaded Clavering, like the rest of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Claverings] Reference
"I think everybody who's a leader is to some extent pigheaded," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Betting On A Billionaire] Reference
Shut up, she thought back at him, you should talk about being pigheaded. From Wordnik.com. [Oathbreaker]
Everybody was on his side except Ayala herself, and that pigheaded Colonel. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
Rose and its pigheaded inhabitants, the butcher, the blacksmith, and the mayor. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
But I am pigheaded and determined to have a go at them, even though I am alone. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
"You see what comes of being pigheaded?" he demanded of her in a furious voice. From Wordnik.com. [You Don't Take Names] Reference
Should they continue to be pigheaded and prejudiced, everything would soon be gone. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Anna] Reference
Eventually it will come back but they were too pigheaded to listen to the community. From Wordnik.com. [McCain's Brother Says McCain Would Chase Bin Laden Across Borders -- Echoing Obama's Position] Reference
And being pigheaded, I figured I could now lead my own life with no questions asked. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Ray]
But the pigheaded FDP would have none of it and voted to sanction the January primary. From Wordnik.com. [Dem Party Lawyers Say Rules Committee Can't Seat Full Delegations] Reference
Since Mr. Martyn insists on being such a pigheaded obstructionist, we may as well go home. From Wordnik.com. [Kate]
HERE'S NEWS: IT TURNS OUT that not even pigheaded owners and mulish players could kill baseball. From Wordnik.com. [Diamond Jubilee] Reference
He was going to ruin his career - and her first producing credit - out of pigheaded stubbornness. From Wordnik.com. [Dance Of Desire]
It was nothing new that Wolfe was pigheaded, but that time he left all previous records way behind. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Mountain]
"Stubborn isn't a word I would use to describe myself; pigheaded is more appropriate," Bloomberg wrote in his memoir. From Wordnik.com. [The Revolutionary] Reference
"The lines composed by cousin Pao ch'in are indeed devised in a too pigheaded and fast-and-loose sort of way," she observed. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
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