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stiff-necked - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'stiff-necked' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stiff-necked [ a.]
- Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people.

Meaning of 'stiff-necked' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stiff-necked [ s]
Meaning (1):
- haughtily stubborn
Example in sentence:
  • a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin