muleheaded

muleheaded
/myoohl"hed'id/, adj. South Midland and Southern U.S.
stubborn; intractable.
[1880-85; MULE1 + HEAD + -ED3]

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  • headstrong — adj 1. stubborn, stubborn as a mule, mulish, obstinate, obdurate, inflexible, adamant, intransigent, intractable, unyielding, pigheaded, bull headed, muleheaded; willful, self willed, contrary, perverse, froward, refractory, recalcitrant,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • pigheaded — adj 1. stubborn, stubborn as a mule, mulish, muleheaded, bullheaded, bullish, headstrong; willful, self willed, contrary, perverse, wrongheaded, cross grained, balky, uncooperative, froward, refractory, recalcitrant, contumacious; stupid, dense,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • refractory — adj recalcitrant, contumacious, froward, balky, uncooperative, crossgrained, wrong headed, perverse, contrary, willful, self willed, stiff necked, U.S. Inf. notionate, Inf. cussed, Archaic. untoward; obstinate, stubborn, stubborn as a mule,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • stubborn — adj 1. obstinate, mulish, muleheaded, stubborn as a mule, pigheaded, bullheaded, bullish, headstrong; willful, self willed, strong willed, contrary, perverse, wrongheaded, cross grained; balky, uncooperative, froward, refractory, rusty,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • muleheadedly — adverb see muleheaded …   Useful english dictionary

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