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  1. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › stiff-neckedStiff-necked Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of STIFF-NECKED is haughty, stubborn. How to use stiff-necked in a sentence.

  2. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSTIFF-NECKED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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.

  3. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › stiff-neckedStiff-necked - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › stiff-neckedSTIFF-NECKED Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Stiff-necked definition: having a stiff neck; having torticollis.. See examples of STIFF-NECKED used in a sentence.

  5. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › stiff-neckedstiff-necked - Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

    Definition of stiff-necked adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › stiff-neckedSTIFF-NECKED Synonyms: 269 Similar and Opposite Words - ...

    Synonyms for STIFF-NECKED: arrogant, cavalier, superior, haughty, supercilious, domineering, bumptious, high-and-mighty; Antonyms of STIFF-NECKED: humble, modest, lowly, timid, unpretentious, subdued, bashful, sheepish

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › stiff-neckedStiff-necked - definition of stiff-necked by The Free Dictionary

    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.

  8. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › stiff-neckedstiff-necked | meaning of stiff-necked in Longman Dictionary of...

    stiff-necked meaning, definition, what is stiff-necked: too proud, and refusing to change or obe...: Learn more.

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordSTIFF-NECKED - Find out everything about this English word |...

    If you say that someone is stiff-necked, you mean that they are proud and unwilling to do what other people want. [disapproval] [...] More. Synonyms of 'stiff-necked' • stubborn, uncompromising, haughty, opinionated [...] More. Examples of 'stiff-necked' in a sentence.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › stiff-necked_adjstiff-necked, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the adjective stiff-necked mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective stiff-necked. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.