stiff-necked
stiff-necked adjective: having a stiff neck; suffering from torticollis.
Adjective
stiff-necked (comparative more stiff-necked, superlative most stiff-necked)
- Having a stiff neck; suffering from torticollis
- Stubborn and arrogant.
- For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 33:5
stiff-necked meaning in Tamil and Kannada
stiff-necked in Tamil
- பிடிமுரண்டான
stiff-necked in Kannada
- ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡದ, ಹಟಮಾರಿ
Forms of stiff-necked
| comparative | more stiff-necked |
|---|---|
| superlative | most stiff-necked |
Origin of stiff-necked
From stiff + neck + -ed. (figurative): Calque of Hebrew קשה ערף (Exodus 33). A biblical term similar to Swedish styvnackad, Ancient Greek σκληροτράχηλος (sklērotrákhēlos), Russian жестоковыйный (žestokovyjnyj), German halsstarrig etc.
Words formed from stiff-necked
Questions about stiff-necked
- What does stiff-necked mean?
- Stiff-necked means having a stiff neck; suffering from torticollis.
- What is stiff-necked in Tamil?
- Stiff-necked in Tamil is பிடிமுரண்டான. See Stiff-necked meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stiff-necked?
- Stiff-necked is an adjective.
Words near stiff-necked in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stiff-necked (page history and authors); stiff-necked (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stiff-necked (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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