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stiff-necked

[ stif-nekt ]

/ ˈstɪfˈnɛkt /

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adjective

having a stiff neck; having torticollis.

haughty and obstinate; refractory.

Origin of stiff-necked

First recorded in 1520–30

SYNONYMS FOR stiff-necked

2 stubborn, obstinate, intractable, willful, pigheaded.

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OTHER WORDS FROM stiff-necked

stiff·neck·ed·ly

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

Words nearby stiff-necked

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

Example sentences from the Web for stiff-necked

Grace had the stiff-necked Drummond pride as well as he, and would hesitate long behind the barriers of conventionality.

Not Like Other Girls |Rosa N. Carey
Should he be deterred from saying that which he conceived it would be right that he should say, because she was stiff-necked?

He Knew He Was Right |Anthony Trollope
But he was hard-mouthed, and stiff-necked and hell-bent on having his own way about things.

I Married a Ranger |Dama Margaret Smith
They were a stiff-necked, extravagant set of idols, the Old Things.

Puck of Pook's Hill |Rudyard Kipling

Now, you'd be awful foolish to act like a mean and stiff-necked female person.

North of Fifty-Three |Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for stiff-necked

stiff-necked

adjective

haughtily stubborn or obstinate