Mulish vs. Obstinate — What's the Difference?

Mulish (Persian: موليش, also Romanized as Mūlīsh and Mūyesh) is a village in Mahru Rural District, Zaz va Mahru District, Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 61, in 13 families.

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

Extremely or irrationally stubborn and intractable.

Stubbornly adhering to an attitude, opinion, or course of action; obdurate.

Resembling a mule

Characterized by such adherence

Characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable

Difficult to manage, control, or treat

Like a mule; sullen; stubborn.

Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.

Unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

(of inanimate things) Not easily subdued or removed.

(of a facial feature) Typical of an obstinate person; fixed and unmoving.

Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; - usually implying unreasonableness.

Not yielding; not easily subdued or removed; as, obstinate fever; obstinate obstructions.

Persist stubbornly;

Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Resistant to guidance or discipline;

Persisting in a reactionary stand