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51churlishness — n 1. rusticity, ruralism, agrarianism; pastoralism, pastorality, bucolicism; inurbanity, back woodsiness, provincialism, provinciality, yokelism, Sl. hickishness; hominess, homeliness, homishness, Inf. folksiness. 2. boorishness, loutishness,… …
52contumacy — n 1. perverseness, perversity, perversion, contrariety, frowardness, refractoriness, wrong headedness; obstinacy, stubbornness, mulishness, pig headedness, bullheadedness; willfulness, intractableness, doggedness, obduracy; intransigence,… …
53inflexibility — n 1. rigidity, stiffness, unbendableness, unadjustability, unyieldingness; firmness, tenseness, unmalleability, unlimberness; hardness, petrifaction, fossilization, crystallization, vitrification, flintiness. 2. immovability, unadaptability,… …
54intractability — n 1. intractableness, indocility, unsubmissiveness, insubmission, incompliance, incompli ancy, uncooperativeness, nonconformity; stubbornness, obstinateness, obstinacy, pervicaciousness, pig head edness, mulishness, obdurateness, hard headedness …
55obstinacy — n 1. inflexibility, immovability, stiff neckedness, Inf. hardcoreness; inexorableness, implacability, intransigence, intractability, unyieldingness; unmalleability, unpersuadability, uninfluenceability, unswayability, unpliability. 2.… …
56perseverance — n 1. steadfastness, persistence; continuance, endurance, abidingness, patience; stamina, indefatigableness, backbone, courage, grit, Inf. sand, pluck, Sl. guts, hardiness of spirit; application, zeal, ambition, devotion, diligence, pursuance,… …
57pertinacity — n 1. stubbornness, pigheadedness, bull headedness, mulishness, Inf. orneriness; obstinacy, Inf. cussedness, pervicaciousness; obdurateness, intractability, inflexibility, intransigence, intransigency; rigidity, will of iron, sternness, stiffness; …
58perversity — n 1. contrariness, contradictoriness, contradictiousness, Archaic. contrariousness, contrariety, contumaciousness, contumacity, contumacy, frowardness, seditiousness, refractoriness, querulousness; waywardness, disobedience, intransigence,… …
59tenacity — n 1. tenaciousness, adhesiveness, adhesion, cohesiveness, toughness, strength, resilience; vis cousness, viscidity, glutinousness, stickiness, gumminess, mucilaginousness. 2. retentivity, retentiveness, retention; readiness of memory, grasp, grip …
60mulish — /ˈmjulɪʃ / (say myoohlish) adjective like a mule; characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable. {mul(e)1 + ish1} –mulishly, adverb –mulishness, noun …
