Synonyms for mulish
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Obstinate
obstinate, hard-headed, stubborn, dogged, refractory, unyielding, pig-headed, rigid, perverse, bigoted, intractable, stiff-necked, sullen, headstrong, restive, unregenerate, pertinacious, self-willed, wayward, unruly, willful US, wilful UK, tenacious
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Definitions
- adj. 1
Characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
Example sentences
- stubborn I'm not stubborn; i'm just always right, thats it.
- dogged His dogged efforts eventually paid off.
- obstinate I've heard that Tom and Mary are quite obstinate.
By length
- 5 letters
- rigid2
- 6 letters
- unruly3, dogged1, wilful, sullen2
- 7 letters
- wayward2, willful2, bigoted3, restive2
- 8 letters
- stubborn2, perverse2
- 9 letters
- tenacious3, obstinate3
- 10 letters
- refractory4, unyielding3, headstrong2
- 11 letters
- intractable4
- 12 letters
- unregenerate, pertinacious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rigid2 = 2 syllables).