bullheaded

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?”

Derived terms

• bullheadedly
• bullheadedness

 

Translations

unreasonably stubborn

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