wrong-head·ed (rông h d d, r ng-)adj. Stubbornly defiant of what is right or reasonable; obstinately perverse in judgment or opinion. wrong -headed·ly adv.wrong -headed·ness n. |
wrong-headed
adj
1. constantly wrong in judgment
2. foolishly stubborn; obstinate
wrong-headedly adv
wrong-headedness n
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wrong-headed
adjective
1. mistaken, wrong, false, incorrect, faulty, misguided, erroneous, off target, unsound, in error, fallacious I realise now that my thinking was wrong-headed and immature.
2. obstinate, dogged, contrary, stubborn, perverse, inflexible, wilful, intransigent, obdurate, self-willed, refractory, pig-headed, bull-headed, mulish, cross-grained, froward (archaic) The Government persists in its blind, wrong-headed approach to prisons and crime.
Translations
wrong-headed [ˈrɒŋˈhedɪd] ADJ [ideas, opinions, policies] → desatinado, desacertado; [person] → obcecado
wrong-headed
adj → querköpfig, verbohrt (→ about sth in etw acc or dat)
wrong-headed [ˌrɒŋˈhɛdɪd] adj (stubborn) → ostinato/a; (mistaken) → sbagliato/a
wrong-headed [ˌrɒŋˈhɛdɪd] adj (stubborn) → ostinato/a; (mistaken) → sbagliato/a
wrong-headed [ˌrɒŋˈhɛdɪd] adj (stubborn) → ostinato/a; (mistaken) → sbagliato/a
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