stiff-necked

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (literally) Having a stiff neck; suffering from torticollis
2. (figuratively) Stubborn and arrogant.

Sinonieme

stubborn

obstinate

tenacious

tough

refractory

dogged

doggedly

do-or-die

froward

haughty

inflexible

insistent

intractable

intransigent

mulish

obdurate

obstinately

persevering

persistent

pertinacious

pertinaciously

perverse

recalcitrant

stubbornly

contrarious

adamantine

strongheaded

besetting

bulldog

bullheaded

confirmed

Vertalings

hartnäckig

obstiné

cocciuto

guindé

intransigeant

tenace

farouchement

opiniâtre

mordicus

obstinée

acharnée

tenace

testardo

persisto

halsstarrig

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Sweeds: styvnackad

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: σκληροτράχηλος

Verwante met Russies: жестоковыйный

Verwante met Duits: halsstarrig

In summary

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.