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1 entêté
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2 cabochard
(colloq), cabocharde kabɔʃaʀ, aʀd adjectif stubborn* * *A adj [personne] pigheaded○, stubborn; [animal] stubborn.B nm,f pigheaded person○.————————c'est un cabochard he's pigheaded ou as stubborn as a mule -
3 obstiné
obstiné, e [ɔpstine][personne, caractère, travail] obstinate ; [refus, silence] stubborn* * *
1.
obstinée ɔpstine adjectif1) ( entêté) [personne, caractère, refus] stubborn2) ( acharné) [efforts] dogged; [chercheur] dedicated3) ( durable) [pluie] persistent
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nom masculin, féminin pigheaded person péj* * *ɔpstine adj obstiné, -e* * *A adj1 ( entêté) [personne, caractère, refus] stubborn;2 ( acharné) [efforts, chercheur] dogged;3 ( durable) [toux, pluie] persistent.B nm,f pigheaded person péj.2. [assidu] obstinateun travail obstiné unyielding ou obstinate work————————, obstinée [ɔpstine] nom masculin, nom féminina. [qui persévère] he's very determinedb. [qui s'entête] he's very stubborn ou obstinate -
4 bourrique
bourrique [buʀik]feminine nouna. ( = âne) donkey* * *buʀik1) ( ânesse) donkey2) (colloq) ( entêté) pig-headed person* * *buʀik nf(= âne) ass* * *bourrique nf1 Zool donkey;2 ○( entêté) pig-headed person.faire tourner qn en bourrique○ to mess sb around○.[burik] nom féminin2. (familier) [personne obstinée] pig-headed individual3. (locution)faire tourner quelqu'un en bourrique to drive somebody crazy ou up the wall -
5 carré
I.n. m.2. Lit fait au carré (mil.): Bed made up to Service regulations (i.e. with envelope corners, etc.).3. Petits carrés: Game played by schoolboys which entails making small squares with single strokes of the pen; the winner is the one who has the most squares at the end of this giant noughts-and-crosses type pastime.II.adj.1. (of person): Plain-speaking, forthright. Il est tout ce qu'il y a de carré! He doesn't mince his words!2. Tête carrée: Stubborn individual (bordering on the pigheaded).3. Partie carrée: Sex foursome, two-couple sex-party. -
6 oiseau
n. m.1. (pej.): 'Obdurate nurk', pigheaded fool. Un drôle d'oiseau: An 'awkward customer'.2. Donner à quelqu'un des nonts d'oiseau: To 'call someone names', to shower abuse on someone.
См. также в других словарях:
pigheaded — index pertinacious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
pigheaded — (adj.) also pig headed, see PIG (Cf. pig) (n.) + HEADED (Cf. headed) … Etymology dictionary
pigheaded — *obstinate, stubborn, mulish, stiff necked, bullheaded, dogged, pertinacious Analogous words: headstrong, willful, recalcitrant, refractory (see UNRULY): *contrary, perverse, froward … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pigheaded — [adj] stubborn bullheaded, contrary, dense*, forward, headstrong, inflexible, insistent, intractable, mulish*, obstinate, perverse, recalcitrant, self willed, stiff necked, stupid*, unyielding, willful; concepts 404,542 Ant. flexible, reasonable … New thesaurus
pigheaded — [pig′hed΄id] adj. stubborn; obstinate; mulish pigheadedly adv. pigheadedness n … English World dictionary
pigheaded — adj. pigheaded of (that was pigheaded of him) * * * [ˌpɪg hedɪd] pigheaded of (that was pigheaded of him) … Combinatory dictionary
pigheaded — mod. stupidly stubborn. (From the notion that pigs are immovable.) □ You are unbelievably pigheaded! □ What a stupid pigheaded position to take … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
pigheaded — {adj.} Stubborn; unwilling to compromise. * / Stop being so pigheaded! she cried. I, too, can be right sometimes! / … Dictionary of American idioms
pigheaded — {adj.} Stubborn; unwilling to compromise. * / Stop being so pigheaded! she cried. I, too, can be right sometimes! / … Dictionary of American idioms
pigheaded — pigheadedly, adv. pigheadedness, n. /pig hed id/, adj. stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance. [1610 20; PIG1 + HEADED] Syn. bullheaded, mulish. * * * … Universalium
pigheaded — pig|head|ed [ˌpıgˈhedıd] adj determined to do things the way you want and refusing to change your mind, even when there are good reasons to do so = ↑stubborn ▪ Never have I met a woman so obstinate, so pigheaded! >pigheadedness n [U] ▪ It was… … Dictionary of contemporary English