Mulish

/ˈmjuːlɪʃ/

Synonyms for "mulish" (81 found)

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Closest matches (17)

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Noun(1 words)

bonxie

Strong matches (24)

deerlike doctrinaire dogged dogmatic equestrian equine fanatic fanatical fixed goatish goatlike hardheaded headstrong hircine hoggish hoofed horsy intolerant intractable obdurate

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obstinate

Adjective(3 words)

hardheaded inflexible intransigent

Related words (40)

Adjective(6 words)

obstinate rigid stubborn stubborner unadaptive unyielding

opinionated overzealous ovine persevering pertinacious perverse piggish pigheaded refractory restive ruminant self-willed set sheepish sheeplike sotstiff neckedstiff-neckedstrong willedstrong-willed

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strongheaded stubborn sulky sullen swinish tenacious uncooperative ungovernable ungulate unpliable unregenerate unruly willful wrongheaded

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More general

5 entries

adjective attitudebehavioral traitdescriptive termdescriptor

More specific

2 entries

intransigent pigheaded

Collocations

6 entries

mulish adherencemulish obstinacymulish oppositionmulish refusalmulish resistancemulish stubbornness

Inflections

2 entries

more mulishmost mulish

Derivations

2 entries

mulishly mulishness

similar

3 entries

obstinate stubborn unregenerate

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I tried to convince him to do it, but he was being mulish and refused.

Source: tatoeba (8977900)

[…] a rickety verdigrised geyser which would spit two inches of tepid water into the bath and then mulishly stop working."

Source: wiktionary

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