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adjective
- 1. haughty and stubborn: "stiff-necked pride"
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The meaning of STIFF-NECKED is haughty, stubborn. How to use stiff-necked in a sentence.
If you say that someone is stiff-necked, you mean that they are proud and unwilling to do what other people want. [disapproval] He had to sell a stiff-necked stubborn people on a bunch of difficult laws. Synonyms: stubborn, uncompromising, haughty, opinionated More Synonyms of stiff-necked. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Definitions of stiff-necked. adjective. haughtily stubborn. “a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin”. synonyms: obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield.
Stiff-necked definition: having a stiff neck; having torticollis.. See examples of STIFF-NECKED used in a sentence.
Define stiff-necked. stiff-necked synonyms, stiff-necked pronunciation, stiff-necked translation, English dictionary definition of stiff-necked. adj. Stubborn and arrogant or aloof. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of stiff-necked adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Stiff-necked Sentence Examples. It is undeniable that his favourite wife was the most stiff-necked pagan of her day. Mary was forced to impose taxation which met with violent resistance, especially in 1539 from the stiff-necked town of Ghent.
