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mulish

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mul·ish  (mylsh)
adj.
Stubborn and intractable; recalcitrant. See Synonyms at obstinate.
mulish·ly adv.
mulish·ness n.
mulish
Adjective
stubborn; obstinate
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Adj.1.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
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Had I lacked imagination, had I been stupid, had I been stubbornly mulish in having my own way, I should never have got in this pickle.
John Barleycorn by London, Jack View in context
Now, he was a singularly smart boy, the son of a very clever man and a very sensitive woman, with a fine resolute temper that systematic spoiling had nearly turned to mulish obstinacy.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
He storms and bullies and derides; but she stands up to him so ruthlessly that the Colonel has to ask her from time to time to be kinder to Higgins; and it is the only request of his that brings a mulish expression into her face.
Pygmalion by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
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