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- The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.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