Mulish

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mulish \Mul"ish\ (m[=u]l"[i^]sh), a.
     Like a mule; sullen; stubborn. -- {Mul"ish*ly}, adv. --
     {Mul"ish*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  mulish
       adj : unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or
             attack [syn: {hardheaded}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "mulish":
     asinine, balking, balky, bigoted, bovid, bovine, bulldogged,
     bulletheaded, bullheaded, caprid, caprine, case-hardened, cowish,
     cowlike, deerlike, dogged, dogmatic, equestrian, equine, fanatic,
     fixed, goatish, goatlike, hardheaded, headstrong, hircine, hoggish,
     hoofed, horsy, intolerant, obstinate, opinionated, overzealous,
     ovine, persevering, pertinacious, perverse, piggish, pigheaded,
     refractory, restive, ruminant, self-willed, set, sheepish,
     sheeplike, stiff-necked, strong-willed, strongheaded, stubborn,
     sulky, sullen, swinish, tenacious, uncooperative, ungovernable,
     ungulate, unregenerate, unruly, willful, wrongheaded