stiff-necked (Meaning)
stiff-necked (s)
haughtily stubborn
Synonyms & Antonyms of stiff-necked
Synonyms:
- imperious
- domineering
- hifalutin
- uppity
- pompous
- uppish
- supercilious
- assumptive
- huffy
- superior
- high-handed
- high-and-mighty
- presumptuous
- chesty
- masterful
- sniffy
- important
- smug
- cavalier
- pretentious
- authoritarian
- bumptious
- haughty
- dominant
Antonyms:
- shrinking
- unobtrusive
- unaggressive
- unobtrusive
- self-critical
- deferential
- acquiescent
- deferential
- quiet
- mousey
- passive
- demure
- self-doubting
- meek
- submissive
- self-critical
- compliant
- passive
- mousey
- mousy
- quiet
- unassertive
- unarrogant
- unassertive
- cringing
- acquiescent
- unassuming
- unarrogant
- compliant
- self-doubting
- meek
- shrinking
- submissive
- cringing
- unaggressive
- yielding
- unassuming
- yielding
- mousy
- demure
Synonyms:
- proud
- stuck-up
- impudent
- pontifical
- presuming
- hubristic
- toplofty
- conceited
- extroverted
- saucy
- overweening
- self-complacent
- swaggering
- boastful
- egoistical
- uninhibited
- vainglorious
- cocky
- peremptory
- bossy
- self-asserting
- disdainful
- highfalutin
- self-assertive
- vain
- blusterous
- patronizing
- self-centered
- egoistic
- pontificating
- snobbish
- egotistical
- huffish
- dominating
- egocentric
- egotistic
- extraverted
- snobby
- condescending
- impertinent
- high-hat
- toploftical
- magisterial
- complacent
- snooty
- narcissistic
- self-conceited
- lordly
- bombastic
- lofty
- prideful
- blustery
- self-satisfied
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- The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.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, imperious, domineering, hifalutin, uppity, pompous, uppish, supercilious, assumptive, huffy
timid, shy, timid, shy, modest, unpretentious, unpretentious, bashful, sheepish,humble
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.
