mulish

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mul·ish (my

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adj.

Stubborn and intractable; recalcitrant. See Synonyms at obstinate.

mulish·ly adv.

mulish·ness n.

mulish [ˈmjuːlɪʃ]

adj

stubborn; obstinate; headstrong

mulishly adv

mulishness n

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Adj.

mulish - unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

hardheaded

obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

mulish

adjective stubborn, difficult, rigid, unreasonable, perverse, intractable, inflexible, wilful, recalcitrant, obstinate, intransigent, headstrong, stiff-necked, self-willed, refractory, pig-headed, bull-headed, cross-grained He had a flushed, mulish look on his heavy face.

Translations

mulish [ˈmjuːlɪʃ] ADJ → terco, testarudo

mulish

adj → störrisch, stur

mulish [ˈmjuːlɪʃ] adj → testardo/a

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