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- The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.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