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- The stiff-necked politician stuck to his outdated beliefs despite overwhelming evidence against them.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