mulish

  • 11mulish — adjective Etymology: 1mule Date: 1751 unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate Synonyms: see obstinate • mulishly adverb • mulishness noun …

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  • 12mulish — mulishly, adv. mulishness, n. /myooh lish/, adj. of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable. [1745 55; MULE1 + ISH1] * * * …

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  • 13mulish — adjective Characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable Syn: stubborn as a mule …

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  • 14mulish — Synonyms and related words: asinine, balking, balky, bigoted, bovid, bovine, bulldogged, bulletheaded, bullheaded, caprid, caprine, case hardened, cowish, cowlike, deerlike, dogged, dogmatic, equestrian, equine, fanatic, fixed, goatish, goatlike …

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  • 15mulish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. obstinate, stubborn, headstrong. See obstinacy. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. opinionated, headstrong, stubborn; see obstinate 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. obstinate, headstrong. see stubborn …

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  • 16mulish — mul·ish || mjuːlɪʃ adj. stubborn as a mule, obstinate, unwilling to yield or comply …

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  • 17mulish — [ mju:lɪʃ] adjective stubborn (like a mule). Derivatives mulishly adverb mulishness noun …

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  • 18mulish — a. Stubborn, obstinate, headstrong, cross grained, intractable …

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  • 19mulish — adj 1. stubborn, obstinate, pervicacious, pig headed, obdurate, headstrong, willful, strong willed, self willed; intransigent, uncompromising, irreconcilable, unyielding, unbending; hard line, determined, rigid, inflexible, dogged, pertinacious,… …

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  • 20mulish — mul·ish …

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