stiff-necked (Meaning)
stiff-necked (s)
haughtily stubborn
Synonyms & Antonyms of stiff-necked
Synonyms:
- huffy
- bumptious
- haughty
- uppish
- assumptive
- imperious
- pretentious
- masterful
- smug
- uppity
- chesty
- high-and-mighty
- hifalutin
- dominant
- cavalier
- pompous
- important
- high-handed
- sniffy
- authoritarian
- superior
- presumptuous
- domineering
- supercilious
Antonyms:
- shrinking
- unarrogant
- unaggressive
- unassertive
- meek
- yielding
- mousy
- mousy
- compliant
- demure
- self-doubting
- mousey
- cringing
- submissive
- demure
- passive
- self-critical
- acquiescent
- unaggressive
- passive
- unassuming
- self-doubting
- deferential
- submissive
- acquiescent
- yielding
- cringing
- unobtrusive
- meek
- deferential
- mousey
- unassertive
- unobtrusive
- unarrogant
- shrinking
- quiet
- quiet
- unassuming
- self-critical
- compliant
Synonyms:
- bossy
- presuming
- swaggering
- egoistical
- cocky
- self-asserting
- egocentric
- dominating
- snooty
- peremptory
- egotistical
- disdainful
- uninhibited
- high-hat
- huffish
- extraverted
- highfalutin
- saucy
- blusterous
- toplofty
- conceited
- condescending
- magisterial
- overweening
- self-assertive
- boastful
- self-conceited
- self-satisfied
- pontificating
- patronizing
- snobbish
- proud
- lofty
- impudent
- vain
- narcissistic
- impertinent
- self-complacent
- prideful
- extroverted
- snobby
- pontifical
- vainglorious
- lordly
- toploftical
- egotistic
- hubristic
- blustery
- complacent
- egoistic
- self-centered
- stuck-up
- bombastic
Antonyms:
stiff-necked Sentence Examples
- The stiff-necked emperor refused to listen to his advisors' wise counsel.
- The horse exhibited a stiff-necked demeanor, making it difficult to ride.
- The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.
- The stiff-necked child refused to apologize for his wrongdoing.
- The stiff-necked athlete refused to take any advice from his coach.
- The priest's stiff-necked sermon fell on deaf ears.
- The boss's stiff-necked attitude alienated his employees.
- The stiff-necked scientist refused to accept any data that contradicted his theories.
- The stiff-necked mother refused to let her daughter pursue her dreams.
- The stiff-necked bureaucrat insisted on following regulations to the letter, even when it caused inconvenience.
FAQs About the word stiff-necked
haughtily stubborn
arrogant, huffy, bumptious, haughty, uppish, assumptive, imperious, pretentious, masterful, smug
introverted, bashful, bashful, humble, shy, shy, timid, modest, subdued, diffident
The stiff-necked emperor refused to listen to his advisors' wise counsel.
The horse exhibited a stiff-necked demeanor, making it difficult to ride.
The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.
The stiff-necked child refused to apologize for his wrongdoing.
