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stiff-necked

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ADJECTIVE
  1. haughtily stubborn
    a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin

How To Use stiff-necked In A Sentence

  • Though stiff-necked and officious, the commanders aren't demonized nor singled out for blame.
  • But the stiff-necked jerk never called, and cricket has gone doolally as a result.
  • What happens when I tell them that you're every bit as stiff-necked and honest as I am? AMBERBEACH
  • He appeared surprised that many in the music profession today were stiff-necked.
  • Gathered together on wicker furniture are two women and a man, posing a bit as they react to the stormy weather conditions outside with a bit of stiff-necked hauteur.
  • Poor stiff-necked, lonely, "hankering" Sam! to be so harshly reproved for his harmlessly sociable intents. Sabbath in Puritan New England
  • It's a long introduction designed to establish my credibility: that I have no reason to promote religion or, since I'm Jewish, the Christian religion in particular, when I say that the atheists who pushed the Nativity scenes from the park showed the very same stiff-necked intolerance that they accuse religions of. Frank Gruber: Akedism: For Those Who Don't Care If God Exists
  • Though stiff-necked and officious, the commanders aren't demonized nor singled out for blame.
  • Carly just smiled, and egged the stiff-necked officer to take her turn.
  • The truculent aggression and stiff-necked unilateralism of both teams are already well known.
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