bullheaded

See also: bull-headed and bull headed

English

Etymology

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?”

Derived terms

• bullheadedly
• bullheadedness

 

Translations

unreasonably stubborn

• Finnish: härkäpäinen (fi), jääräpäinen (fi)
• Portuguese: teimoso (pt) m
• Swedish: tjurskallig (sv)