mulish
[ myoo-lish ]
/ ˈmyu lɪʃ /
adjective
of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
OTHER WORDS FROM mulish
mul·ish·ly, adverb mul·ish·ness, noun un·mul·ish, adjectiveWords nearby mulish
muliebria,
muliebrity,
mulier,
mulier puisne,
mulierty,
mulish,
mulki,
mull,
mull over,
mullah,
mullein
Example sentences from the Web for mulishness
He put it down to his own mulishness that he had hung on and had learned through the little boy of her removal from the palace.
The Palace of Darkened Windows |Mary Hastings Bradley"Humph," half laughed the lawyer, though with obvious disgust at the mulishness in Peter's face and voice.
The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him |Paul Leicester FordWhen very highly developed with the reasoning powers weak it often manifests as stubborness, mulishness, obstinacy, etc.
How to Read Human Nature |William Walker Atkinson
British Dictionary definitions for mulishness
mulish
/ (ˈmjuːlɪʃ) /
adjective
stubborn; obstinate; headstrong