bullhead

[bool-hed] / ˈbʊlˌhɛd /

ADJECTIVE

obdurate

Synonyms

WEAK

adamant callous cold fish dogged firm fixed hanging tough hard hard-boiled hard-hearted hard-nosed harsh heartless immovable implacable indurate inexorable inflexible iron mean mulish obstinate perverse relentless rigid set in stone stiff-necked thick-skinned tough unbending uncompassionate uncompromising uncooperative unemotional unfeeling unimpressible unrelenting unshakable unsympathetic unyielding

Antonyms

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amenable gentle submissive susceptible yielding

Example Sentences

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The River Lugg is home to six protected and endangered species, including common otter, Atlantic salmon, white clawed crayfish, brook lamprey, shad and bullhead.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

McNeish, who has examined the fish carcasses since late August, has identified non-native species including bass, sunfish, bullhead catfish and mosquitofish.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

One fish, a brown bullhead, had the astounding concentration of twenty-five hundred parts per million.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 3, 2017

But he complained that the bullhead fish and the turkey that inspired Gobblers are prevalent throughout the Northeast, not just in the Binghamton region.

From New York Times • May 20, 2016

Set apart from the rest of the buildings, it was surrounded by a wasteland of sand and low, flat bullhead vines.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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