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Hardheaded   /hˈɑrdhˌɛdɪd/   Listen
Hardheaded

adjective
1.
Unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack.  Synonym: mulish.
2.
Guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory.  Synonyms: hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic.  "A hard-nosed labor leader" , "Completely practical in his approach to business" , "Not ideology but pragmatic politics"






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"Hardheaded" Quotes from Famous Books



... necessary to salvation, so long as they rightly grasp the faith; lest if we try to tear them out so suddenly, their weak consciences be quite shattered and confused, and retain neither faith nor works. But the hardheaded, who, hardened in their works, have no heed to what is said of faith, and fight against it, these we must, as Christ did and taught, let go their way, that the blind may ...
— Works of Martin Luther - With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) • Martin Luther

... Dreams had reawakened in me, and I walked alone in the fields in order to let them escape and fly away. My father and mother, quite occupied with business, and anxious about my future, talked to me only about their profits or about my possible plans. They were fond of me after the manner of hardheaded, practical people; they had more reason than heart in their affection for me. I lived imprisoned in my thoughts, and vibrating ...
— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant



Words linked to "Hardheaded" :   realistic, stubborn, obstinate, practical, unregenerate



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