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mulish

[ myoo-lish ]

adjective

  1. of or like a mule, as being very stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.


mulish

/ ˈːɪʃ /

adjective

  1. stubborn; obstinate; headstrong
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܱԱ, noun
  • ˈܱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ܱi· adverb
  • ܱi·Ա noun
  • ܲ·ܱi adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mulish1

First recorded in 1745–55; mule 1 + -ish 1
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“We should get back on the road to Abuelita’s house. And this is the fastest and safest way to get there. So stop being so mulish and get up here. Come on, everybody up.”

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Freud’s preoccupations no longer look eccentric or mulish.

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This grass-colored liqueur, with its bracing, vegetal taste and mulish kick, called Chartreuse after the Carthusian brothers of your order, is the closest thing you’ll ever experience to a magic potion.

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He seems addled and hapless, and may be cognitively challenged, but he’s also mulish, incoherent, exasperating and cunning.

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He paid a price for his mulish views.

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