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mulish

/ˈmjuːlɪʃ/

mulish adjective: characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.

Adjective

mulish (comparative more mulish, superlative most mulish)

  1. Characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
    • […] a rickety verdigrised geyser which would spit two inches of tepid water into the bath and then mulishly stop working."1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, →OCLC

mulish meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

mulish in Tamil

கோவேறு கழுதை போன்ற, பிடிவாதமான, சண்டித்தனம் செய்யும், அடங்காத, கீழ்ப்படியாத

mulish in Urdu

اڑیل, بےوقوف, ضدی

mulish in Bengali

খচ্চরের বৈশিষ্ট্যসম্পন্ন, একগুঁয়ে, জেদি, অবাধ্য

mulish in Malayalam

മർക്കടമുഷ്ടിയായ

Synonyms of mulish

Forms of mulish

comparativemore mulish
superlativemost mulish

Origin of mulish

From mule + -ish.

Words formed from mulish

Questions about mulish

What does mulish mean?
Mulish means characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable.
What is mulish in Tamil?
Mulish in Tamil is கோவேறு கழுதை போன்ற, பிடிவாதமான, சண்டித்தனம் செய்யும். See Mulish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mulish?
Mulish is an adjective.
How do you pronounce mulish?
Mulish is pronounced /ˈmjuːlɪʃ/.

Words near mulish in the dictionary

  1. mulies
  2. mulinane
  3. mulinanes
  4. muling
  5. mulis
  6. mulish
  7. mulishly
  8. mulishness
  9. mulita
  10. mulitas
  11. mulitmeric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mulish (page history and authors); mulish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mulish (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mulish (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mulish (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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