单词	mulishness
释义	mulish adjective mul·​ish ˈmyü-lish  : unreasonably and inflexibly obstinate mulishly adverb mulishness noun Synonyms adamant adamantine bullheaded dogged hard hard-nosed hardened hardheaded headstrong immovable implacable inconvincible inflexible intransigent obdurate obstinate opinionated ossified pat pertinacious perverse pigheaded self-opinionated self-willed stiff-necked stubborn unbending uncompromising unrelenting unyielding willful wilful See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences She approached the job with mulish determination. a mulish insistence on doing things his own way Recent Examples on the Web Again, that is happening while the Biden administration makes U.S. energy production increasingly difficult, putting more upward pressure on prices in its mulish determination to appease the far Left. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 7 Feb. 2022 His daughter, Anne (Olivia Colman), who comes to see him, is galled by the situation, but Anthony is mulish and unmoved. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2021 They are increasingly irritated by the Democrats’ mulish persistence in an anti-Trump impeachment gambit at the expense of dealing with pressing national problems. Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, 22 June 2019 And still fashion week keeps its mulish course, a carousel spinning madly. Matthew Schneier, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018 Only a supranational institution such as the EU has the heft and mulish determination to override national attempts to impose banana uniformity, vacuum-cleaner-motor wattage limits or standards for automobile safety systems. Joseph C. Sternberg, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2017 Although the Democrat who defeated him, Sheldon Whitehouse, is not considered unfriendly to the environment, Chafee's ouster has to please Sen. James Inhofe, the mulish Republican chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Wired News Report, WIRED, 8 Nov. 2006 See More Word History Etymology mule entry 1 First Known Use 1751, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition mulish adjective mul·​ish ˈmyü-lish  : stubborn sense 1 mulishness noun as in obdurateness a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action cursed their mulishness for failing to own up to what seemed like an obvious mistake to him Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance obdurateness opinionatedness persistence self-opinionatedness resolve pertinaciousness determination persistency obstinateness bullheadedness pigheadedness stubbornness intransigence obstinacy willfulness obduracy hardheadedness doggedness pertinacity wrongheadedness recalcitrancy balkiness defiance immovableness self-will obstreperousness perverseness perversity waywardness steadfastness anal-retentiveness inexorability perseverance rebelliousness rigidity adamancy hardness tenacity inflexibility strictness implacability adamance inveteracy tenaciousness sternness disobedience rigorousness firmness relentlessness rigidness refractoriness immovability cantankerousness single-mindedness cussedness contumacy intractability insubordination unruliness recalcitrance frowardness rigor stick-to-itiveness bloody-mindedness narrow-mindedness contrariness Antonyms & Near Antonyms receptivity reasonableness acceptance receptiveness flexibility acquiescence pliantness reasonability compliance subordination pliability pliableness pliancy obedience subordinateness submission surrender willingness docility broad-mindedness yielding open-mindedness slavishness subservience subserviency See More
随便看	subgroup subgrouping subgroups subgular subgum subgums subhalide subharmonic subhastations subhead subheading subheadings subheads subhealth subhedral subholding company subholostean Subholostei subhorizontal subhuman subhumans subhumid subhyaline subhymenium Subic

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