hardheaded

See also: hard-headed

English

Alternative forms

hard-headed

Etymology

hard +‎ headed

Adjective

hardheaded (comparative more hardheaded, superlative most hardheaded)

Stubborn; wilful.
Realistic; pragmatic.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:obstinate

Derived terms

Translations

stubborn

Bulgarian: твърдоглав (bg) (tvǎrdoglav)
Czech: tvrdohlavý (cs)
Dutch: koppig (nl)
French: têtu (fr)
Japanese: 抜け目ない (nukeme nai); 頑固 (ja) (ganko)

Portuguese: cabeçudo
Spanish: terco (es), cabezadura (es), porfiado (es)
Swedish: envis (sv)
Tagalog: tigas ng ulo

pragmatic

Bulgarian: практичен (bg) (praktičen)
Dutch: pragmatisch (nl)
Manx: creeney

Spanish: pragmático (es)
Swedish: nykter (sv), kall (sv), beräknande (sv) (rather negatively connoted)

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