stiff-necked

[ stif-nekt ]

/ ˈstɪfˈnɛkt /

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adjective

having a stiff neck; having torticollis.

haughty and obstinate; refractory.

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2 stubborn, obstinate, intractable, willful, pigheaded.

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Origin of stiff-necked

First recorded in 1520–30

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stiff·neck·ed·ly

[stif-nek-id-lee, -nekt-lee], /ˈstɪfˈnɛk ɪd li, -ˈnɛkt li/, adverbstiff·neck·ed·ness, noun

How to use stiff-necked in a sentence

Oh, this unbelieving and stiffnecked generation, mine anger is kindled against them!
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints|Joseph Smith
The Colonel drove his huge fist at the provision-bag, as though to beat the stiffnecked beans into a feathery yielding.
The Magnetic North|Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
This was what the stiffnecked Condottiere was now doing as fast as his best enemies could have wished.
Little Novels of Italy|Maurice Henry Hewlett
For I will not go up with thee, because thou art a stiffnecked people; lest I destroy thee in the way.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various

You are a stiffnecked daughter, but my whip is pliant and will make you pliant too.
Plays by August Strindberg, Third Series|August Strindberg

British Dictionary definitions for stiff-necked

stiff-necked

adjective

haughtily stubborn or obstinate

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