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1 קשה-עורף
stiff-necked, stubborn, obstinate -
2 jäykkäniskainen
• stiff-necked• stubborn• wilful• willful -
3 stivnakket
adj. stiff-necked -
4 strilyndt
adj. stiff-necked -
5 목이 뻣뻣해진
adj. stiff necked -
6 متيبس العنق
adj. stiff necked -
7 жестоковыйный
библ.Русско-английский словарь религиозной лексики > жестоковыйный
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8 obstinado
adj.obstinate, bulldogged, stubborn, bulldoggish.past part.past participle of spanish verb: obstinar.* * *► adjetivo1 obstinate, stubborn* * *ADJ obstinate, stubborn* * *- da adjetivoa) ( tozudo) obstinate, stubbornb) ( tenaz) tenacious, doggedc) (Ven) ( harto) fed up (colloq)* * *= obstinate, stubborn, dogged, perverse, stiff-necked, pigheaded, refractory, self-willed, tenacious, persevering.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.Ex. The last 50 years of academic librarianship have seen a dogged search for standards.Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex. The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.Ex. I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.Ex. But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.Ex. She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.Ex. Napoleon Bonaparte said: 'Victory belongs to the most persevering' and 'Ability is of little account without opportunity'.* * *- da adjetivoa) ( tozudo) obstinate, stubbornb) ( tenaz) tenacious, doggedc) (Ven) ( harto) fed up (colloq)* * *= obstinate, stubborn, dogged, perverse, stiff-necked, pigheaded, refractory, self-willed, tenacious, persevering.Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.Ex: The last 50 years of academic librarianship have seen a dogged search for standards.Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex: The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.Ex: I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.Ex: But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.Ex: She's tough and tenacious and she still has almost as many as she has friends.Ex: Napoleon Bonaparte said: 'Victory belongs to the most persevering' and 'Ability is of little account without opportunity'.* * *obstinado -daA1 (tozudo) ‹persona/actitud› obstinate, stubborn2 (tenaz) ‹persona/lucha› tenacious, doggedsu trabajo le tiene obstinado he has had enough of his job o he is fed up with his job* * *
Del verbo obstinarse: ( conjugate obstinarse)
obstinado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
obstinado
obstinarse
obstinado◊ -da adjetivo
obstinarse ( conjugate obstinarse) verbo pronominal obstinado EN hacer algo to (obstinately) insist on doing sth;
se ha obstinado en que hay que terminarlo hoy he is bent on finishing it today
obstinado,-a adjetivo obstinate
obstinarse verbo reflexivo to persist [en, in]
' obstinado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cabezón
- cabezona
- empeñada
- empeñado
- impenitente
- mollera
- obstinada
- burro
- cazurro
- obstinarse
English:
opinionated
- stiff-necked
- dogged
- head
- intractable
- obstinate
- perverse
* * *obstinado, -a adj1. [terco] obstinate, stubborn2. [tenaz] tenacious* * *adj obstinate* * *obstinado, -da adj1) terco: obstinate, stubborn2) : persistent♦ obstinadamente adv* * *obstinado adj obstinate -
9 terco
adj.stubborn, hardheaded, dogged, hard-nosed.* * *► adjetivo1 obstinate, stubborn* * *(f. - terca)adj.* * *ADJ1) (=obstinado) stubborn, obstinate3) [material] hard, tough, hard to work* * *- ca adjetivo stubborn, obstinateser terco como una mula — (fam) to be as stubborn as a mule
* * *= stubborn, perverse, pigheaded, stiff-necked, self-willed.Ex. He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.Ex. The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex. I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.Ex. The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.Ex. But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.* * *- ca adjetivo stubborn, obstinateser terco como una mula — (fam) to be as stubborn as a mule
* * *= stubborn, perverse, pigheaded, stiff-necked, self-willed.Ex: He is seldom happy, never satisfied, temperamental, stubborn; his behavior at times can be charitably characterized as erratic.
Ex: The demand for business information, in relation to its price, is rather perverse in that high price often generates a high demand.Ex: I argue that intellectual vices (such as being gullible, dogmatic, pigheaded, or prejudiced) are essential.Ex: The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.Ex: But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.* * *terco -castubborn, obstinateser terco como una mula ( fam); to be as stubborn as a mule* * *
terco◊ -ca adjetivo
stubborn, obstinate
terco,-a adjetivo stubborn
' terco' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
burra
- burro
- cabezón
- cabezona
- cabezudo
- como
- terca
- canijo
- empecinado
- mula
English:
bloody-minded
- obstinate
- pigheaded
- self-opinionated
- stiff-necked
- stubborn
- wilful
- wilfull
- mule
- strong
- willful
* * *terco, -a♦ adj1. [testarudo] stubborn;terco como una mula as stubborn as a mule♦ nm,fstubborn person;ser un terco to be stubborn* * *adj stubborn* * *terco, -ca adjobstinado: obstinate, stubborn* * *terco adj stubborn -
10 porfiado
adj.obstinate, stubborn, headstrong, pigheaded.m.roly-poly, tumbler toy, tumbler.past part.past participle of spanish verb: porfiar.* * *► adjetivo1 stubborn, obstinate* * *1.ADJ (=terco) stubborn, obstinate; (=insistente) persistent2.SM LAm (=muñeco) roly-poly doll, tumbler, tumbler toy* * *I- da adjetivo stubborn, pig-headed (colloq)II- da masculino, femenino1) ( persona) stubborn creature (colloq)* * *= refractory, stiff-necked, self-willed.Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.Ex. The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.Ex. But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.* * *I- da adjetivo stubborn, pig-headed (colloq)II- da masculino, femenino1) ( persona) stubborn creature (colloq)* * *= refractory, stiff-necked, self-willed.Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
Ex: The problem was that the stiff-necked men of science refused to bow down before the idols of political expediency.Ex: But apparently the self-willed distinction affected his reason -- he went soft in the head and ended up believing in his divine origins.* * *stubborn, pig-headed ( colloq)masculine, femininees un porfiado he's as stubborn as a mule, he's a stubborn creature o devil o so-and-soB* * *
Del verbo porfiar: ( conjugate porfiar)
porfiado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
porfiado
porfiar
porfiado◊ -da adjetivo
stubborn, pig-headed (colloq)
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ( persona) stubborn creature (colloq)
porfiar ( conjugate porfiar) verbo intransitivo ( insistir) to insist;
no me porfíes, ya te dije que no don't keep on o go on about it, I said no
porfiado,-a adjetivo stubborn
porfiar verbo intransitivo
1 (obstinarse) to insist: por más que porfíes en ello, no tienes razón, no matter how much you argue about it, you're not right
2 to persever: porfió en su empeño de conseguir el divorcio, she was adamant about getting a divorce
3 (insistir) no me porfíes, no tengo intención de hacerlo, don't keep pestering me, I have no intention of doing it
' porfiado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
porfiada
* * *porfiado, -a adj[insistente] persistent; [tozudo] stubborn* * *porfiado, -da adjobstinado, terco: obstinate, stubborn♦ porfiadamente adv -
11 твърдоглав
headstrong; pig-/hard-/bull-headed, mulish; stubborn; stiff-neckedтвърдоглав човек вж. твърдоглавец* * *твърдогла̀в,прил. headstrong; pig-/hard-/bull-headed, mulish; stubborn; stiff-necked, dogged; die-hard, contumacious.* * *head-strong ; bull-headed ; bullet-headed ; die-hard {dai ha;rd}; dogged ; piggish ; pigheaded ; stiff-necked* * *1. headstrong;pig-/hard-/bull-headed, mulish;stubborn;stiff-necked 2. ТВЪРДОГЛАВ човек вж. твърдоглавец -
12 чопорный
1) General subject: angular, as stiff as a poker, buckram, ceremonious, chilly, demure, donnish, nice nelly, nice-nelly, niminy piminy, niminy-piminy, old maidish, pokerish, prim, prim and proper, prissy, smug, square toed, square-toed, starched, starchy, stiff, stiff as a poker, stiff as a ramrod, stiff necked, stiff-necked, whalebone, stand-offish, punctilious, stuffy2) Colloquial: offish3) American: priss4) Deprecatingly: uptight5) Jargon: up tight6) Makarov: old-maidish, stilted7) Phraseological unit: cat that ate the canary -
13 τραχηλιώδης
τραχηλιώδηςstiff-necked: masc /fem acc pl (attic epic doric)τραχηλιώδηςstiff-necked: masc /fem nom /voc pl (doric aeolic)τραχηλιώδηςstiff-necked: masc /fem nom sg -
14 упорит
1. (неотстъпчив) tenacious, dogged, persevering, unyielding, unbending, uncompromising, unpliant(мъчно излечим-за болест) refractory, obstinate(за съпротива) stubborn, stiff, sturdyупорита кашлица a persistent coughупорит слух persistent rumoursупорита борба a stubborn struggleупорит бой/спор a battle royal2. (за труд) hard, strenuous, unremitting; patient, steady3. (твърдоглав) stubborn, obstinate, mulish, self-willed, wilful, strong-headed, obdurate, opinionated(досадно) pertinaciousупорит човек a man of stubborn temper* * *упорѝт,прил.1. ( неотстъпчив) tenacious, dogged, persevering, pertinacious, unyielding, unbending, uncompromising, unpliant; flinty; ( мъчно излечим за болест) refractory, obstinate; (за съпротива) stubborn, stiff, sturdy; \упорит бой/спор a battle royal; \упорит слух persistent rumours; \упорита борба a stubborn struggle; \упорита кашлица a persistent cough;2. (за труд) hard, strenuous, unremitting; patient, steady, persistent, persevering;3. ( твърдоглав) stubborn, obstinate, mulish, self-willed, wilful, strong-headed, obdurate, opinionated, stiff-necked; ( досадно) pertinacious.* * *dogged ; tenacious ; persevering ; blockish {blokiS}; (за труд): hard ; strenuous ; unremitting ; contumacious ; dour {daur}; gritty ; importunate (за човек); willful {wilfXl} (със силна воля); opinionated (търпелив); persistent ; pertinacious ; rebellious {ri`belixs}; refractory ; stiff-necked ; strenuous (за труд и пр.); strong-headed ; (за съпротива): stubborn (твърдоглав); sturdy ; tenacious ; uncompromising* * *1. (досадно) pertinacious 2. (за съпротива) stubborn, stiff, sturdy 3. (за труд) hard, strenuous, unremitting;patient, steady 4. (мъчно излечим - за болест) refractory, obstinate 5. (неотстъпчив) tenacious, dogged, persevering, unyielding, unbending, uncompromising, unpliant 6. (твърдоглав) stubborn, obstinate, mulish, self-willed, wilful, strong-headed, obdurate, opinionated 7. УПОРИТ бой/спор a battle royal 8. УПОРИТ слух persistent rumours 9. УПОРИТ човек a man of stubborn temper 10. УПОРИТa борба a stubborn struggle 11. УПОРИТa кашлица a persistent cough -
15 estirado
adj.1 stretched out, dilated, elongated, outstretched.2 stiff, airy-fairy, pretentious, prim.f. & m.stuck-up person, stiff shirt.past part.past participle of spanish verb: estirar.* * *1 (textil) drawing2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift————————1→ link=estirar estirar► adjetivo1 figurado (en el vestir) stiff, formal, starchy2 figurado (orgulloso) stiff, conceited, haughty1 (textil) drawing2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift* * *(f. - estirada)adj.1) stretched2) stiff* * *1. ADJ1) (=alargado) stretched2) [persona] (=tieso) stiff, starchy; (=engreído) stuck-up *3) (=tacaño) tight-fisted2.SM [de vidrio] drawing; [de pelo] straighteningestirado de piel, estirado facial — face lift
* * *- da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)* * *= stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.Ex. The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.Ex. Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Ex. He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.* * *- da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)* * *= stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
Ex: The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.Ex: Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Ex: He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.* * ** * *
Del verbo estirar: ( conjugate estirar)
estirado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
estirado
estirar
estirado
estirar ( conjugate estirar) verbo transitivo
1
‹cable/soga› to pull out, stretch
( con la plancha) to run the iron over
2 ‹brazos/piernas/músculo› to stretch;
3 ‹dinero/comida/recursos› to make … go further
estirarse verbo pronominal
to stretch
estirado,-a adj pey (persona) stiff
estirar verbo transitivo
1 (alargar, tensar) to stretch
2 (alisar) to smooth out: tienes que estirar la cama, you must straighten the covers
3 (dinero) to spin out ♦ LOC familiar: estirar la pata, to kick the bucket, bite the dust
estirar las piernas, to stretch one's legs: voy afuera a estirar las piernas un poco, I'm going outside to strech my legs a bit
' estirado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estirada
English:
shirt
- snooty
- snotty
- standoffish
- stiff
- stiff-necked
- stuffy
- stuck
- toffee
* * *estirado, -a♦ adj1. [persona] [altanero] haughty;[adusto] uptight2. [brazos, piernas] outstretched3. [jersey] baggy, shapeless♦ nmstretching* * *I adj snooty fam, stuck-up famII m face-lift;hacerse un estirado have a face-lift* * *estirado, -da adj1) : stretched, extended2) presumido: stuck-up, conceited -
16 высокомерный
1) General subject: ( as) proud as Lucifer, arrogant, assuming, assumptive, big, bumbling, cavalier, conceited, contemptuous, donnish, haught, haughty, high hat, highbrow, highty tighty, highty-tighty, hoity toity, hoity-toity, imperious, insolent, lofty, lordly, overly, overweening, perk, perquisite, presumptuous, proud, proud stomached, sniffish, sniffy, snotty, snuffy, sovereign, stand off, stand offish, stand-off, stand-offish, stiff necked, stiff-necked, stuck up, stuck-up, supercilious, superior, topping, uppish, you be damned, you-be-damned, high-handed, toffee-nosed, cocky, patronizing3) American: high-hat4) Ironical: high and mighty, proud-stomached5) Poetical language: sublime6) Bookish: hubristic7) Rare: tossy8) Religion: hubris9) Diplomatic term: domineering10) Deprecatingly: elitist12) Makarov: as proud as Lucifer, dogmatic, dogmatical, swollen13) Taboo: jumped up, nevershit, stiff-assed -
17 натянутый
1) General subject: affected, ajangle (о струне), bad, chilly, constrained, contrived, extended, far-fetched, forced (об улыбке), frigid, mim, niminy-piminy, non natural, non-natural (о смысле слова), prim, stiff, stiff necked, stiff-necked, strained, tense, farfetched2) Aviation: tension loaded4) Construction: drawn tight6) Railway term: pulling7) Diplomatic term: laboured8) Polygraphy: screwed down9) Physics: tensioned10) Oil: pulled, pulled on, pulling up -
18 упрямый
1) General subject: adamant, as hard as granite, asinine, balky (о животном), bitter end, bitter-end, bolshie, bull-headed, bullet headed, bullet-headed, cat witted, cat-witted, cobby, contrarious, contrary, contumacious, crabby, cross-grained, disobedient, dogged, dour, foreright, froward, gnarled, gnarly, hard bitten, hard mouthed, hard nosed, hard-bitten, hard-mouthed, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, impracticable, impractical, indomitable, indurate, intractable, mulish (как осел), obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, pertinacious, perverse (особ. в своей неправоте), piggish, pigheaded, refractory, renitent, restive, self opinionated, self willed, self-opinionated, self-willed, skittish, stiff necked, stiff-necked, strong headed, strong willed, strong-headed, strong-willed, stubborn, sullen, tough, tough-minded, unwilling, wilful, willful, reluctant2) Biology: balky (о животных)4) American: ornery5) Obsolete: masterless, thwart6) Agriculture: nappy (о лошади)7) Rare: forerights, pervicacious8) British English: bolshy10) Diplomatic term: untoward11) Psychology: tenacious12) Jargon: assy, bullheaded, hard top, hard-headed, murder13) Business: difficult14) Makarov: bullet, hard-set, headstrong (о животном), opinioned, set, sullen (о животных) -
19 shingo
------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwenye shingo ngumu[Swahili Plural] wenye shingo ngumu[English Word] stiff-necked person[English Plural] stiff-necked people[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] mwenye shingo ngumu[Swahili Plural] wenye shingo ngumu[English Word] stubborn person[English Plural] stubborn people[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 1/2------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] shingo[Swahili Plural] shingo[English Word] neck[English Plural] necks[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Example] alimshika Rosa shingoni kwa ukosi wa gauni lake [Kez], aliteremshe [shoka kali] kwa nguvu juu ya mashingo ya watu hawa wawili [Muk], macho juu, shingo upande, mikono pamoja kifuani pake [Kez][English Example] (s)he held Rosa by the neck using the collar of his/her gown------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] shingo (ya kanzu)[Swahili Plural] shingo[English Word] collar[English Plural] collars[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 9/10[Swahili Example] kuzipachika noti katika shingo ya kanzu aliyovaa [Sul][English Example] to secure notes in the neck of the kanzu------------------------------------------------------------ -
20 kark
m (G karku) nape (of one’s neck); (szyja) neck- byczy kark a bull neck- znamię na karku a birthmark on the nape of sb’s neck- skręcić komuś kark to break sb’s neck; przen. to wring sb’s neck■ mieć coś na karku pot. to have sth on one’s hands- mieć a. dźwigać sześćdziesiątkę/siedemdziesiątkę na karku to be in one’s sixties/seventies- mieć kogoś na karku pot. (być ściganym) to have sb breathing down one’s neck pot.; (zajmować się) to have sb on one’s hands pot.- mieć miękki a. giętki kark to be submissive- mieć sztywny kark to be inflexible, to be stiff-necked- nadstawiać karku za kogoś/coś to risk one’s neck for sb/sth- podnieść a. prostować kark to rebel- siedzieć komuś na karku pot. (być kłopotem) to be a burden to sb; (poganiać) to breathe down sb’s neck- ciotka z Australii zwaliła mi się na kark pot. I’ve been saddled with my aunt from Australia- zwalili jej na kark piątkę dzieci pot. they’ve saddled her with the job of looking after five kids- jego pomysły zawsze ściągają nam biedę na kark pot. his ideas always get us in(to) trouble- wsiąść komuś na kark pot. to be in hot pursuit of sb, to be hot on sb’s trail- wziąć sobie kogoś/coś na kark pot. to saddle oneself with sb/sth pot.; to take sb/sth on- wzięła sobie na kark taką ofermę! pot. she saddled herself with a total loser!- złamać a. skręcić kark to break one’s neck- obyś kark skręcił! pot. damn you!- złamania karku! pot. break a leg!* * *pędzić na złamanie karku — to run lub rush headlong
* * *mi1. nape (of the neck); pędzić na złamanie karku run l. rush headlong; mieć głowę na karku have one's head screwed on; mieć sztywny kark be stiff-necked; mieć kogoś/coś na karku be bothered l. pestered by sb/sth; nadstawiać za kogoś/coś karku risk one's neck for sb/sth; ukręcić czemuś kark put an end to sth; skręcić kark break one's neck; ugiąć przed kimś karku bend low before sb; na karku pot. (o czymś, co nadchodzi, zbliża się) approaching, imminent.2. zool., anat. nucha.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > kark
См. также в других словарях:
Stiff-necked — a. Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as, stiff necked pride; a stiff necked people. Ex. xxxii. 9. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stiff-necked — stiff necked; stiff necked·ly; stiff necked·ness; … English syllables
stiff-necked — A stiff necked person is rather formal and finds it hard to relax in company … The small dictionary of idiomes
stiff-necked — stiff′ necked′ adj. 1) pat having a stiff neck; having torticollis 2) haughty and obstinate; refractory • Etymology: 1520–30 … From formal English to slang
Stiff Necked Fools — is the eighth song written by Bob Marley on his posthumous 1983 reggae album, Confrontation .The title and lyrics reference both the Old Testament and New Testament in the Judeo Christian bible … Wikipedia
stiff-necked — adj too proud, and refusing to change or obey = ↑stubborn … Dictionary of contemporary English
stiff-necked — [ ,stıf nekt ] adjective very determined and not willing to change: STUBBORN … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stiff-necked — stiff necked, *obstinate, stubborn, mulish, dogged, pertinacious, pigheaded, bullheaded … New Dictionary of Synonyms
stiff-necked — [stif′nekt΄] adj. stubborn; obstinate … English World dictionary
stiff-necked — also stiffnecked ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone is stiff necked, you mean that they are proud and unwilling to do what other people want. Syn: stubborn, proud … English dictionary
stiff-necked — A stiff necked person is rather formal and finds it hard to relax in company. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
