bullet-headed
Blunt and obstinate
Bullet-headed describes someone with a round head and short-cropped hair, suggesting the smooth, compact shape of a bullet.
The term often carries connotations of stubbornness or aggression, evoking a blunt, no-nonsense demeanor: a bullet-headed sergeant barking orders.
It can be merely descriptive or mildly disparaging depending on context.
Firmly refusing to yield
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
dogged · willful · intransigent · recalcitrant · uncooperative · contrary · defiant · unbending
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- pigheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
bullheaded · dogged · willful · intransigent · recalcitrant · uncooperative · contrary · defiant · unbending · obdurate
stocky
Short and solidly built
- broad-shoulderedWide across the back
- baldWithout hair on head
- close-croppedCut very short
squat · burly · muscular · compact · heavyset · thickset · shorn
bullet-headedelongated
Stretched beyond usual dimensions
hatchet-faced · pinheaded · long-headed · long-faced · horse-faced
bullet-headedopen-minded
Receptive to different ideas
flexible · yielding · accommodating · diplomatic · subtle
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