м., само ед. разг.
1. obstinacy, stubbornness, wilfulness, pigheadedness, mulishness, cussedness; правя нещо на ~ на някого do s.th. out of spite for s.o., do s.th. to spite s.o., do s.th. in defiance of s.o.;
2. като прил. неизм. obstinate, stubborn, mulish, pig-headed, self-willed, wilful, refractory, obdurate, cussed, stiff-necked; ~ като магаре as stubborn as a mule.