The meaning of Mulish

adjective

Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

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She had a difficult decision to make

adjective

Not easy or simple; hard to do or to understand

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It’s a difficult choice, but i’ve got to decide which job is better., he’s in a difficult situation…

adjective

Energetically wilful and determined.

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The headstrong impulsiveness of youth

adjective

Determined to do or think what you want despite opposition from others

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A headstrong teenager

adjective

Unwilling to change or compromise.

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Once she had made up her mind, she was inflexible

adjective

Hard to control or deal with.

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Intractable economic problems

adjective

Difficult or impossible to manage or control

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Intractable problems, an intractable child

adjective

Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.

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Her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent

noun

An intransigent person.

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Instead, the conclave of 1903 elected pius x, whom the italian government had dubbed ‘the most intr…

adjective

Refusing to change an opinion

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He was a man of strong views and intransigent positions.

adjective

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.

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Her obstinate determination to pursue a career in radio

adjective

Unwilling to change your opinion or action despite argument or persuasion; stubborn

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An obstinate two-year-old, the obstinacy of the human spirit, the engine obstinately refused to sta…

adjective

Unwilling to change very strong opinions

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Not even somebody as pigheaded as ira could argue about it.

adjective

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.

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A class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds

noun

A person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude.

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A stiff-necked recalcitrant and troublemaker

adjective

Unwilling to do what you are asked or ordered to do, even if it is reasonable

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Tenants petitioned their recalcitrant landlord to finish repairs to their building.

adjective

Stubborn or unmanageable.

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His refractory pony

noun

A substance that is resistant to heat.

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All three minerals alter to shimmer aggregates of sericite; all three are used in the preparation o…

adjective

Not affected by a treatment, change, or process

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This is a chronic and disabling condition that is refractory to treatment., a refractory child

adjective

Haughty and stubborn.

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Stiff-necked pride

adjective

Having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so.

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A stubborn refusal to learn from experience

adjective

Opposed to change or suggestion

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He’s sick, but he’s too stubborn to see a doctor., stubborn stains, a stubborn problem

adjective

Reserved, formal, or strict in one's behaviour or attitudes; austere and inflexible.

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He was so unbending and uncompromising

verb

Make or become straight from a bent or twisted form or position.

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I had trouble unbending my cramped knees

adjective

If someone is unbending, they often make fixed judgments and decisions that they are unwilling to change

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He has earned a reputation as a stern and unbending politician.

adjective

(of a mass or structure) not giving way to pressure; hard or solid.

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The atlantic hurled its waves at the unyielding rocks

adjective

Not giving up control or responsibility for (something) as a result of influence or persuasion

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The economist showed an unyielding commitment to tough financial stability.

adjective

(of a bad or harmful act) intentional; deliberate.

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Wilful acts of damage

adjective

(of something bad) done intentionally or (of a person) determined to do exactly as you want, even if you know it is wrong

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The present crisis is the result of years of wilful neglect by the council., they eat huge quantiti…