'Mulish' definitions:
Definition of 'mulish'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack [syn: hardheaded, mulish]
Definition of 'Mulish'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'mulish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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