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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small domestic horselike mammal |
| Synonyms: | Rocky Mountain canary, ass, burro, horse, jackass, jennet, jenny, maud, moke, mule, neddy, pony |
| Notes: | a donkey is a domesticated ass and so is a burro, used as pack animal |
| Main Entry: | headstrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | bullheaded, contrary, determined, foolhardy, froward, hard-core, hard-nosed, hard-shell, heedless, imprudent, impulsive, intractable, locked-in, mule, mulish, murder, obstinate, perverse, pig-headed, rash, reckless, refractory, self-willed, strong-minded, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, unyielding, willful |
| Antonyms: | calm, docile, moderate, obedient, submissive, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | hybrid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | composite, mixture |
| Synonyms: | amalgam, bastard, combination, compound, cross, crossbreed, half-blood, half-breed, half-caste, incross, miscegenation, mongrel, mule, outcross |
| Antonyms: | homogeneous, pedigreed, pure, purebred, thoroughbred, unmixed |
| Main Entry: | mongrel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animal of mixed background |
| Synonyms: | bastard, cross, crossbreed, cur, half-blood, half-breed, hybrid, mixed breed, mixture, mule, mutt |
| Main Entry: | spinning frame |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | machine for spinning yarn |
| Synonyms: | bobbin and fly frame, jenny, mule, mule-jenny, spinning jenny, spinning machine, spinning reel, spinning wheel |
| Main Entry: | slipper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shoe |
| Synonyms: | baboosh, babouche, clog, mule, pantofle, pump, sandal, scuff, slipshoe |
| Main Entry: | burro |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | donkey |
| Synonyms: | ass, jackass, mule |
| Notes: | a donkey is a domesticated ass and so is a burro, used as pack animal |
| Main Entry: | incompliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, balky, brassbound, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, determined, die-hard, dogged, firm, fixed, grim, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, inexorable, inflexible, insubordinate, intractable, intransigent, iron, mule, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery*, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, remorseless, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough*, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unmanageable, unreasonable, unrelenting, unshakable, untoward, unyielding, willful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unbendable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | adamant, adamantine, balky, brassbound, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, cussed, determined, die-hard, dogged, firm, fixed, grim, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, insubordinate, intractable, intransigent, iron, mule, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ornery*, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, remorseless, rigid, self-willed, set in one's ways, single-minded, steadfast, stiff-necked, tenacious, tough*, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unmanageable, unreasonable, unrelenting, unshakable, untoward, unyielding, willful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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