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Synonyms & Antonyms of stiff-necked
- he was too stiff-necked to admit that "underlings" might have useful ideas
Synonyms for stiff-necked
- arrogant,
- assumptive,
- bumptious,
- cavalier,
- chesty,
- haughty,
- high-and-mighty,
- high-handed,
- high-hat,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- huffish,
- huffy,
- imperious,
- important,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- masterful,
- overweening,
- peremptory,
- pompous,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- pretentious,
- self-asserting,
- self-assertive,
- sniffy,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- toplofty
- (also toploftical),
- uppish,
- uppity
Words Related to stiff-necked
- blusterous,
- blustery,
- boastful,
- bombastic,
- braggart,
- bragging,
- braggy,
- cocky,
- swaggering,
- vain,
- vainglorious
- complacent,
- conceited,
- egocentric,
- egoistic
- (also egoistical),
- egotistic
- (or egotistical),
- hubristic,
- narcissistic,
- orgulous,
- prideful,
- proud,
- self-affected,
- self-applauding,
- self-centered,
- self-complacent,
- self-conceited,
- self-pleased,
- self-satisfied,
- smug,
- stuck-up
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- immodest
Near Antonyms for stiff-necked
Antonyms for stiff-necked
- her dinner parties are typically stiff-necked affairs, more to be endured than enjoyed
Synonyms for stiff-necked
- ceremonious,
- correct,
- decorous,
- formal,
- nice,
- proper,
- punctilious,
- starchy,
- stiff,
- stilted
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Near Antonyms for stiff-necked
Antonyms for stiff-necked
- obviously uninterested in hearing any excuses, the stiff-necked officer handed me my speeding ticket with a flourish
Synonyms for stiff-necked
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- bullheaded,
- dogged,
- hard,
- hard-nosed,
- hardened,
- hardheaded,
- headstrong,
- immovable,
- implacable,
- inconvincible,
- inflexible,
- intransigent,
- mulish,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- opinionated,
- ossified,
- pat,
- pertinacious,
- perverse,
- pigheaded,
- self-opinionated,
- self-willed,
- stubborn,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- unrelenting,
- unyielding,
- willful
- (or wilful)
Words Related to stiff-necked
- determined,
- hell-bent,
- inexorable,
- persistent,
- relentless,
- resolved,
- set,
- single-minded,
- steadfast,
- stouthearted,
- tenacious,
- unflinching
- firm,
- hard-line,
- hard-shell
- (or hard-shelled),
- iron,
- severe,
- stern,
- strict
- bloody-minded
- [chiefly British],
- cantankerous
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“Stiff-necked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiff-necked. Accessed 21 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of stiff-necked was in 1530
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