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- The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.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