stiff-necked

[ stif-nekt ]

/ ˈstɪfˈnɛkt /

adjective

having a stiff neck; having torticollis.

haughty and obstinate; refractory.

Words nearby stiff-necked

stiff, stiff as a board, stiff upper lip, stiff-arm, stiff-man syndrome, stiff-necked, stiffen, stiffener, stiffy, stifle, stifling

Origin of stiff-necked

First recorded in 1520–30

SYNONYMS FOR stiff-necked

2 stubborn, obstinate, intractable, willful, pigheaded.

OTHER WORDS FROM stiff-necked

stiff·neck·ed·ly

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

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Examples from the Web for stiffnecked

The Kaiser is stiffnecked because he does not believe you are going to fight this time.
New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1|Various
His glance traveled back to the master, and now he noticed that his stiffnecked silence had pulled him up short.
Men in War|Andreas Latzko
But I had been stiffnecked, proud, unpleasant, altogether cousinly in my behaviour towards the people in possession.
Elizabeth and her German Garden|"Elizabeth", AKA Marie Annette Beauchamp
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

British Dictionary definitions for stiffnecked

stiff-necked

adjective

haughtily stubborn or obstinate

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stiff-necked

adjective

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Origin of stiff-necked

SYNONYMS FOR stiff-necked

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Examples from the Web for stiffnecked

British Dictionary definitions for stiffnecked

adjective