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- The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.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