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The trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
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mulishness
Word definitions for mulishness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome [syn: stubbornness , obstinacy , obstinance ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mulish \Mul"ish\ (m[=u]l"[i^]sh), a. Like a mule; sullen; stubborn. -- Mul"ish*ly , adv. -- Mul"ish*ness , n.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being mulish.
Usage examples of mulishness.
With a kind of mulishness his father persisted in keeping his uniform on even in the house.
But with the mulishness that had obsessed him since he became a bank messenger he always insisted on staying longer at the table, although he regularly fell asleep again and in the end only with the greatest trouble could be got out of his armchair and into his bed.
In his rufous looks, he took after his daddy, he had the same kind of husky mulishness, but he lacked the fiery color and bold eyes.
The French world of Blois, in a fit of Gallic mulishness, had at first refused to take up the slack by revising production schedules in its own factories.
Her lips were pinched, but that was on account of Elsie McMay's mulishness rather than her own mood, which was more mellow than usual.