mulish

1. 1.

   unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

   Synonymshardheaded

   Similarstubborn

Other forms of mulish

comparative

mulisher·

superlative

mulishest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mulish

What does mulish mean?

mulish means "unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack".

How many syllables are in mulish?

mulish has 2 syllables: mu-lish. The stress falls on "mu".

What is another word for mulish?

Close synonyms include hardheaded. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mulish a common word?

mulish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.