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Synonyms for stiff-necked

Grammar : Adj

Spell : stif-nekt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɪfˈnɛkt

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Définition of stiff-necked

As in obdurate : adj pigheaded, stubborn
As in pigheaded : adj stubborn
As in set : adj decided
As in stern : adj serious, authoritarian
As in stubborn : adj obstinate, unyielding
As in uncompromising : adj stubborn
As in unfaltering : adj steadfast
As in unrelenting : adj merciless
As in unyielding : adj steadfast, resolute
As in willful : adj stubborn, obstinate
As in pig-headed : adj stubborn
As in incompliant : adj stubborn
As in unbendable : adj stubborn
As in uncompliant : adj stubborn
As in doctrinaire : adj dogmatic, opinionated
As in dogmatic : adj dictatorial, opinionated

Example sentences :

Judge Granger—that inflated, stiff-necked, egotistical bag of conceit!
Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton

They treated them stiff-necked food-slingers like they was a lot of wooden Indians.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

You flattered yourself you were going to get riches, but your daughters were too stiff-necked.
Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston

The old Alroy blood flows in his veins, a stiff-necked race.
Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli

This was a new aspect of the stiff-necked young teamster they had known.
Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner

They are stiff-necked, obstinate, ill-conditioned people—that is, the men.
Extract from : « The Vicar of Bullhampton » by Anthony Trollope

Abe was stiff-necked as hell, whether it was cards or cattle, you know that.
Extract from : « Laramie Holds the Range » by Frank H. Spearman

Words may come, but they are words, hard and stiff-necked and pedestrian.
Extract from : « Nights in London » by Thomas Burke

It only developed later what a stiff-necked people the Bulgars could be.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) » by Various

Our stiff-necked Alexandrians in the dust before the victor!
Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers

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