as obstinate (stubborn) as a mule

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• stubborn as a mule —    Someone who will not listen to other people s advice and won t change their way of doing things is as stubborn as a mule.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If someone is as stubborn as a mule, they are very obstinate and unwilling to… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Stubborn — Stub born, a. [OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stub. See {Stub}.] Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stubborn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. perverse, obstinate; dogged, persistent; intractable, unyielding; tough. See obstinacy, hardness. Ant., cooperative, tractable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. obstinate, unreasonable, unyielding,… …   English dictionary for students

• obstinate — adjective it s unusual for two such obstinate people to have a happy marriage Syn: stubborn, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, bullheaded, stubborn as a mule, pigheaded, self willed, strong willed,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• obstinate — adj 1. inflexible, immovable, not to be moved, adamant, adamantine, stiff necked, set, set in one s ways, Inf. hard core, Inf. hard shell; inexorable, implacable, intransigent, intractable, uncompromising, unbending, unwavering, unyielding;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• stubborn — adj 1. obstinate, mulish, muleheaded, stubborn as a mule, pigheaded, bullheaded, bullish, headstrong; willful, self willed, strong willed, contrary, perverse, wrongheaded, cross grained; balky, uncooperative, froward, refractory, rusty,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• obstinate — obstinate, dogged, stubborn, pertinacious, mulish, stiff necked, pigheaded, bullheaded are comparable when they mean fixed or unyielding by temperament or nature. Obstinate implies persistent adherence, especially against persuasion or attack, to …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• mule|head|ed — «MYOOL HEHD ihd», adjective. stupidly obstinate or stubborn; pig headed …   Useful english dictionary

• obstinate — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stubborn, firm, headstrong, dogged, pertinacious, opinionated, strong minded, contumacious, opinionative, contradictory, inflexible, positive, perverse, contrary, cantankerous, unimpressible, determined, convinced,… …   English dictionary for students

• mule — {{11}}mule (1) offspring of donkey and horse, from O.E. mul, O.Fr. mul mule, hinny (12c., fem. mule), both from L. mulus (fem. mula) a mule, probably from a pre Latin Mediterranean language. The mule combines the strength of the horse with the… …   Etymology dictionary

• as obstinate as a mule — very stubborn …   English contemporary dictionary