stiff-necked Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite haughtily stubborn
    • a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin

WordNet

Stiff"-necked` adjective
Definitions
  1. Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people. Ex. xxxii. 9.

Webster 1913