mulish Antonyms
Strongest:
- pliant
- acquiescent
- agreeable
- flexible
- receptive
- obedient
- flexible
- tractable
- pliable
- complying
- acquiescent
- amenable
- willing
- pliable
- submissive
- docile
- pliant
- yielding
- submissive
- willing
- tractable
- yielding
- docile
- compliant
- obedient
- compliant
- agreeable
- complying
- receptive
- amenable
Strong:
- slavish
- relenting
- relenting
- reasonable
- accepting
- temperate
- manageable
- responsive
- placable
- responsive
- manageable
- temperate
- slavish
- reasonable
- placable
- accepting
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- ossified
- bullheaded
- stiff-necked
- hard
- pigheaded
- intransigent
- unbending
- persistent
- willful
- dogged
- hard-nosed
- pertinacious
- unrelenting
- determined
- perverse
- obsessive
- immovable
- pat
- strict
- steadfast
- headstrong
- hardened
- hardheaded
- adamantine
- implacable
- opinionated
- inflexible
- self-willed
- wilful
- obdurate
- obstinate
- unyielding
- uncompromising
Weak:
- disobedient
- exacting
- confirmed
- insubordinate
- hell-bent
- rigid
- mutinous
- stern
- deaf-to-reason
- resolved
- ungovernable
- demanding
- froward
- refractory
- iron
- anal-retentive
- hard-shelled
- severe
- intractable
- inconvincible
- indomitable
- unruly
- cussed
- unregenerate
- stouthearted
- cantankerous
- recalcitrant
- wrongheaded
- inexorable
- hard-shell
- contrary
- unflinching
- unmanageable
- defiant
- narrow-minded
- contumacious
- uncooperative
- unconquerable
- self-opinionated
- invincible
- set
- firm
- inveterate
- bloody-minded
- hard-line
- tenacious
- single-minded
- relentless
- hidebound
- insurgent
- wayward
Meaning of mulish
mulish (s)
unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack
mulish (a.)
Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.
mulish Sentence Examples
- The mulish donkey refused to budge, despite repeated attempts to coax it forward.
- Her mulish determination prevented her from giving up, even when the odds were against her.
- His mulish nature made him impervious to reason and persuasion.
- The mulish lawmaker stood firm in his opposition to the proposed reforms.
- The mulish child refused to eat his vegetables, no matter how many times his parents asked.
- The mulish horse threw its rider and galloped away, refusing to be controlled.
- His mulish insistence on doing things his own way ultimately led to his downfall.
- The mulish protester remained glued to the street, despite police orders to disperse.
- Her mulish adherence to tradition made her a target of ridicule and scorn.
- The mulish student refused to study for the exam, despite warnings from his teacher.
FAQs About the word mulish
unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attackLike a mule; sullen; stubborn.
stubborn, adamant, ossified, bullheaded, stiff-necked, hard, pigheaded, intransigent, unbending, persistent
pliant, acquiescent, agreeable, flexible, receptive, obedient, flexible, tractable, pliable, complying
The mulish donkey refused to budge, despite repeated attempts to coax it forward.
Her mulish determination prevented her from giving up, even when the odds were against her.
His mulish nature made him impervious to reason and persuasion.
The mulish lawmaker stood firm in his opposition to the proposed reforms.
