stubborn mule
91contrary — adj 1. opposite, counter, contradictory, contrapositive, converse, antithetical; incompatible, incongruous, irreconcilable, worlds apart, poles apart; discordant, clashing, discrepant, inconsistent. 2. averse, hostile, unfriendly, antagonistic,… …
92contumacious — adj contrary, perverse, froward, refractory, cross grained, Scot. thrawn, wrong headed; obstinate, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, mulish, pigheaded, bullheaded; willful, self willed, intractable, headstrong, pervicacious, stiff necked, dogged,… …
93dogged — adj 1. determined, earnest, fixed, intent; steadfast, firm, purposeful, deliberate; constant, persevering, staunch, stanch; game, spunky, plucky, gritty; tenacious, relentless, bent on, Inf. hellbent, door die; unhesitating, unfaltering,… …
94headstrong — 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,… …
95pertinacious — adj 1. stubborn, Inf. ornery, pigheaded, mulish, stubborn as a mule; unyielding, intractable, obdurate, obstinate; inflexible, unbending, adamant, adamantine, rigid, stony, fixed, stiff, stiff necked; unswerving, undeviating, uncompromising,… …
96pigheaded — 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,… …
97refractory — 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,… …
98stiff-necked — adj 1. pertinacious, stubborn, Inf. ornery; pigheaded, bullheaded, mulish, stubborn as a mule; unyielding, intractable, obdurate, obstinate, Inf. hard headed, Inf. boneheaded; inflexible, unbending, adamant, adamantine; rigid, stony, fixed;… …
99willful — adj 1. deliberate, intentional, intended; premeditated, prepense, planned, calculated; voluntary, volitional, discretional, unforced, self determined. 2. obstinate, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, mulish, pigheaded, bullheaded; obdurate,… …
100wrong-headed — adj 1. misguided, unwise, imprudent, injudicious; ill considered, ill judged, ill advised, ill contrived, ill devised, using or showing poor judgment; impolitic, inexpedient, infelicitous, disadvantageous, unfavorable, the worst possible;… …
