Bullheaded

  

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Bullheaded

Definition: Bullheaded

Bullheaded

Adjective

1. Obstinate and stupid.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bullheaded" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1884. (references)


Synonyms: Bullheaded

Synonyms: bullet-headed (adj), pigheaded (adj). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Bullheaded

Language Translations for "bullheaded"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

kokëfortë (balky, contrary, cussed, dogged, hard bitten, hardheaded, headstrong, hidebound, impracticable, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, pertinacious, recalcitrant, self willed, self-opinionated, stickler, stiff necked, strong-willed, stubborn, urgent, wayward, wilful, willful, wrongheaded). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

کله شق (Obstinate, Pertinacious, Restive, Stubborn), سرسخت (Barnacle, Diehard, Dogged, Dour, Headstrong, Intransigent, Inveterate, Obstinate, Recalcitrant, Refractory, Remorseless, Stark, Stubborn, Tenacious), ادم کودن وسرسخت . (various references)

   

German

  

dickköpfiger. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

bersikeras (absolutely insist on, persist in), keras kepala (obstinate, opinionated, opinionative, recalcitrant, stubborn). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ullheadedbay

   

Spanish

  

obstinado (balky, dogged, hard-headed, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, perverse, pig-headed, refractory, self willed, steadfast, stout, stubborn). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

упертий (asinine, churlish, cobby, contumacious, cross-grained, difficile, disobedient, dogged, hard-nosed, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, opinioned, patient, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, piggish, pigheaded, rebellious, reluctant, restive, rowdy, self-opinionated, set, stiff necked, strong-willed, stubborn, wilful, willful), нерозсудливий (fond, fool, imprudent, inconsiderate, indiscreet, injudicious, precipitate, reckless, unadvised, unreasonable, unwise). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nén (bullion). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bullheaded

Derivations

Words beginning with "bullheaded": bullheadedly, bullheadedness, bullheadednesses. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Bullheaded" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ballheaded. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bullheaded"

Words rhyming with "bullheaded" (pronounced 'Bull"head`ed'): Above-cited, Aforecited, Alike-minded, Antimoniureted, armor-plated, Arrowheaded, Arseniureted, Backhanded, baldheaded, Bank-sided, Barefooted, Barehanded, Beetle-headed, black-hearted, Blockheaded, Bluff-headed, Bristle-pointed, Broken-hearted, Broken-winded, Buckler-headed, Buffle-headed, Carnal-minded, Cataphracted, Chicken-breasted, Chicken-hearted, Chuckleheaded, Clear-headed, Clear-sighted, Cleft-footed, Clodpated, Close-banded, Closefisted, Closehanded, Clubfisted, Clubfooted, Cold-blooded, Cold-hearted, Cool-headed, Cowhearted, Cross-banded, Dead-hearted, Deep-waisted, Fin-footed, flat-footed, Flat-headed, Flint-hearted, Forecited, forehanded, Forequoted, foresighted. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Bullheaded

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-d-e-e-h-l-l-u"

-2 letters: belauded, bluehead, bullhead.

-3 letters: alluded, duelled, labeled.

-4 letters: allude, aludel, balded, balled, beaded, beadle, bedell, behead, beheld, belaud, belled, bladed, buddle, bullae, bulled, daledh, daubed, delead, delude, dueled, dulled, eluded, hauled, headed, healed, heddle, helled, huddle, hulled, ladled, lauded, leaded.

-5 letters: abele, addle, ahull, allee, baled, bedel, belle, blade, bleed, blued, bulla, daube, dedal.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-d-e-e-h-l-l-u"
 

+2 letters: bullheadedly.

 

+4 letters: bullheadedness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Bullheaded


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 75 6C 6C 68 65 61 64 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-...    ..-    .-..    .-..    ....    .    .-    -..    .    -..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01110101 01101100 01101100 01101000 01100101 01100001 01100100 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#117 &#108 &#108 &#104 &#101 &#97 &#100 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0075 006C 006C 0068 0065 0061 0064 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

36877878747167707170

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Bullheaded"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, albaner, albanés, албанський, албанка, албанець

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzunggjerman, deutsch, Deutsche, alemán, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister

Indonesian

indonezian, Indonesier, indonesio, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspanjoll, spanisch, español, іспанський, іспанська мова

Ukranian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення

Vietnamese

có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thíchvietnamisht, vietnamez, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, englisch, inglés, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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