mule-stubborn
mule-stubborn adjective: synonym of stubborn as a mule.
Adjective
mule-stubborn (comparative more mule-stubborn, superlative most mule-stubborn)
- Synonym of stubborn as a mule.
- A bulldog is the most sociable, most lovable thing in the world. They love to play, They are mule stubborn, but not disobedient.1955, John A. Saylor, M.D., Time: The Offended Bulldog, page 8
- He scowled at Linn, his own deep scratches to show, a mule-stubborn man whom she again hated furiously.1959, The Saturday Evening Post
- Synonyms:
- stubborn as a mule
Examples of mule-stubborn in a sentence
- Papa says if you don’t watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.1989, Kesey, Ken, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, page 179:
- He was the most beautiful thing Pd ever seen, and I’m mule-stubborn about getting what I want.2017, Koontz, Dean, chapter 6, in The Silent Corner:
Synonyms of mule-stubborn
Forms of mule-stubborn
| comparative | more mule-stubborn |
|---|---|
| superlative | most mule-stubborn |
Questions about mule-stubborn
- What does mule-stubborn mean?
- Mule-stubborn means synonym of stubborn as a mule.
- How do you use mule-stubborn in a sentence?
- Papa says if you don’t watch it people will force you one way or the other, into doing what they think you should do, or into just being mule-stubborn and doing the opposite out of spite.
- What part of speech is mule-stubborn?
- Mule-stubborn is an adjective.
Words near mule-stubborn in the dictionary
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