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  1. Difference between 'headstrong' and 'strong-minded'?

    Dec 19, 2017 · headstrong: very determined to do what you want without listening to others: She was a headstrong child, always getting into trouble. So from these, headstrong has a more …

  2. adjectives - The quality of being "headstrong" - English Language ...

    May 27, 2016 · The quality or state of being headstrong; wilfulness, obstinacy; waywardness. Luckily, OED does offer three other suggestions - two have been given already by other users, …

  3. Heady - Does this word mean what I think it means?

    May 16, 2016 · marked by or showing good judgment : shrewd, intelligent intellectually stimulating or demanding. (M-W) Heady (adj.): late 14c., "headstrong, hasty, impetuous," from head (n.) + …

  4. What do you call a person who keeps on going despite setbacks?

    Dec 3, 2013 · 2 How about "headstrong" adjective energetically wilful and determined: the headstrong impulsiveness of youth

  5. Idiom for being stubborn about an opinion

    Apr 27, 2022 · Is there an idiom for the action when someone holds tightly onto his opinion? Like you keep to try convincing that person again and again but he keeps that opinion?

  6. What is the word for a person who never listens to other people's ...

    Jul 14, 2014 · There is one person I know who never accepts other people's opinions and ideas, even if those opinions and ideas are worthwhile. What single word might describe such an …

  7. Word to describe someone who does whatever they please?

    I’m looking for a word that could be used to describe someone that does whatever he wants and doesn't listen to anyone else. Someone like Julius Caesar maybe?

  8. etymology - Origin of the phrase "free, white, and twenty-one ...

    By the time it began appearing in Hollywood movies of the 1930s, it seems to have become a nonregional catch phrase to indicate a headstrong (and sometimes reckless) belief in one's …

  9. Single word for someone who doesn't let anyone walk all over …

    Jun 29, 2015 · 3 How about: headstrong Possibly leans too much towards the negative, but it does indicate that one is not easily led by others and that one forms one's own opinions. …

  10. What's a word for someone who switches off when things don't …

    Nov 1, 2021 · Among the synonyms suggested, inflexible, rigid, hard-line, intractable, iron-willed, obstinate, stubborn, intransigent, headstrong all have the not-too-negative connotation you …