Meanings
adjectivestubborn as a mule (not comparable)
alternative mule-stubborn
- not comparablesimileExtremely stubborn
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Finnish itsepäinen kuin muuli
- itsepäinen kuin muuliextremely stubborn
French têtu comme une mule
- têtu comme une muleextremely stubborn
German störrisch wie ein Maultier
- störrisch wie ein Maultierextremely stubborn
Hungarian csökönyös, mint egy szamár
- csökönyös, mint egy szamárextremely stubborn
Polish uparty jak kozioł, uparty jak muł
- uparty jak koziołextremely stubborn
- uparty jak mułextremely stubborn
- uparty jak osiołextremely stubborn
Russian упря́мый как осёл
- упря́мый как осёл (uprjámyj kak osjól)extremely stubborn
Spanish terco como una mula
- terco como una mulaextremely stubborn
Swedish envis som en åsna, envis som en gammal get
- envis som en åsnaextremely stubborn
- envis som en gammal getextremely stubborn
- envis som en oxeextremely stubborn
- envis som syndenextremely stubborn
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