Adjective : pigheaded resistance. From Dictionary.com.
To which I incorrigibly and pigheadedly reply, "So what?". From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For Deliverance] Reference
My friend MG loaned it to me after I was pigheadedly talking about how I never read any poetry. From Wordnik.com. [Uncharacteristically] Reference
Christians or atheists, we wish to capitalise on one pigheadedly represented system of ideas or another. From Wordnik.com. [Heinrich Böll - Nobel Lecture] Reference
And he had been blind about this, pigheadedly certain that what came from the unprecedented meta-crisis was another him. From Wordnik.com. [Fic: Like Gum on Your Shoe Part 3/10, Adult Eventually, AU from JE] Reference
Senators like Joe Lieberman who pigheadedly push a war that polls have shown for years that the majority of Americans oppose. From Wordnik.com. [Politics 101: Don't Reinforce Your Opponents' Lies] Reference
Fate granted them an hour and a half at any rate, before the squall died away and the trade wind pigheadedly resumed its former direction of east by south. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
Because, um, maybe that's true when you're a city mayor haven't got that much juice, but when you're President of the United States, making stuff up and then pigheadedly acting on it has HUGE consequences. From Wordnik.com. [Rudy: Expecting Me To Tell Truth Is "Quibbling"] Reference
Just as they fought the war against the NLA in a way that rebounded against themselves, so they are still — at this writing — pigheadedly holding out against amendments to the constitution that most international observers regard as wholly reasonable. From Wordnik.com. [Is There a Good Terrorist?] Reference
Similarly, the situation in Cuba should remind us that "strength" is not a politician puffing out his chest and pigheadedly walking into the very caricatures our enemies have been peddling, so as to potentially alienate indigenous populations that may have otherwise been sympathetic to our goals. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Walks Right Into Castro's Trap] Reference
His companion pigheadedly derided the fact because his own ears were not sufficiently keen to have detected the sound himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of the Foss River Ranch] Reference
In addition, "lucky" folks simply have higher expectations of success - they're too pigheadedly optimistic to heed the long odds and call it quits. From Wordnik.com. [SmartMoney.com] Reference
Fortunately, if some country - or let's say some currency area - pigheadedly refuses to do its part to stimulate the world economy, the rest of the world may be in a position to supply the just punishment. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
Interior, Delbrück, put an export prohibition on cyanide early in the war; and most pigheadedly and obstinately claimed that cyanide was manufactured nowhere but in Germany, and that, therefore, if he allowed cyanide to leave Germany for the United States or. From Wordnik.com. [My Four Years in Germany] Reference
I rant here, often pigheadedly, once in a while ill-advisedly and I’m fully aware that rants on blogs invite ranty comments. From Wordnik.com. [I sold Amptoons.com: Comments are now open.] Reference
But still I pigheadedly kept on running, although nearing the end of December I was down to more of a stumbling jog, feeling ever worse, not least because I’d promised my agent she’d have the first draft by the New Year. From Wordnik.com. [The Book is Dead ...] Reference
The German Vice-Chancellor and head of the Department of the Interior, Delbruck, put an export prohibition on cyanide early in the war; and most pigheadedly and obstinately claimed that cyanide was manufactured nowhere but in Germany, and that, therefore, if he allowed cyanide to leave Germany for the United States or Mexico the English would capture it and would use it to work South African mines, thus adding to the stock of gold and power in war of the British Empire. From Wordnik.com. [My Four Years in Germany]
In response to low-carber’s question re: weight training in lieu of aerobics…i pigheadedly continued massive amounts of aerobics with minimal if any weight training and watched my weight loss stall considerably. three weeks ago i stopped aerobics completely other than my daily lunch hour stroll around nyc and focused on weight training. today i’m down 11 pounds from when i started! not sure if anything else is at play here but the switch to weight training was the only change i made. amazing stuff happens when you stop being pigheaded!. From Wordnik.com. [Truth versus hype in the Jupiter study | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
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