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- The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.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