he was too stiff-necked to admit that "underlings" might have useful ideas
her dinner parties are typically stiff-necked affairs, more to be endured than enjoyed
obviously uninterested in hearing any excuses, the stiff-necked officer handed me my speeding ticket with a flourish
Recent Examples on the WebBut some Jews stubbornly refused to assimilate and continued the sometimes strange and stiff-necked traditions of our people.—TIME, 11 Dec. 2023
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