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Synonyms
- adamant
- adamantine
- bullheaded
- dogged
- hard
- hard-nosed
- hardened
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- immovable
- implacable
- inconvincible
- inflexible
- intransigent
- obdurate
- obstinate
- opinionated
- ossified
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- self-opinionated
- self-willed
- stiff-necked
- stubborn
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unrelenting
- unyielding
- willful
- wilful
obstinate, dogged, stubborn, pertinacious, mulish mean fixed and unyielding in course or purpose.
obstinate implies usually an unreasonable persistence.
dogged suggests an admirable often tenacious and unwavering persistence.
stubborn implies sturdiness in resisting change which may or may not be admirable.
pertinacious suggests an annoying or irksome persistence.
mulish implies a thoroughly unreasonable obstinacy.
Examples of mulish in a Sentence
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Word History
1751, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near mulish
Cite this Entry
“Mulish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mulish. Accessed 21 Oct. 2024.
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