bullheaded

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See also: bull-headed and bull headed

English

Etymology

From bull +‎ headed.

Adjective

bullheaded (comparative more bullheaded, superlative most bullheaded)

  1. Unreasonably stubborn.
    John was so bullheaded that he kept driving and refused to stop for directions, even after getting hopelessly lost.
    • 1964 [1929], William Faulkner, Sartoris (The Collected Works of William Faulkner), London: Chatto & Windus, page 23:
      “I know, my dear. I’ve lived with these bullheaded Sartorises for eighty years, and I’ll never give a single ghost of ’em the satisfaction of shedding a tear over him. What did Horace’s message say?”

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