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- The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.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