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- The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.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