Bull-headed
obstinately opinionated, especially in refusing to consider alternatives; stubborn.
Historical Examples
Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth
Recollections David Christie Murray
Birds in the Bush Bradford Torrey
Max Carrados Ernest Bramah
Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) John McElroy
The Triumph of John Kars Ridgwell Cullum
How I Found Livingstone Henry M. Stanley
The House by the Church-Yard J. Sheridan Le Fanu
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Various
Sally of Missouri R. E. Young
adjective
blindly obstinate; stubborn, headstrong, or stupid
adj.
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