Stiff-necked

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stiff-necked \Stiff"-necked`\, a.
     Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as,
     stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people. --Ex. xxxii. 9.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  stiff-necked
       adj : haughtily stubborn; "a stiff-necked old Boston Brahmin"