stiff-necked

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

guindé
obstiné
intransigeant
tenace
farouchement
opiniâtre
mordicus
obstinée
acharné
acharnée
collet monté
Synonymes

stubborn
B2
obstinate
C2
tenacious
23k
tough
A2
refractory
dogged
32k
doggedly
do-or-die
froward
haughty
28k
inflexible
37k

insistent

intractable
intransigent
mulish
obdurate
obstinately
persevering
persistent
C2
pertinacious
pertinaciously
perverse
C2
recalcitrant
stubbornly
40k
contrarious
adamantine

strongheaded

besetting
bulldog
C2
bullheaded
confirmed
B2
Traductions

hartnäckig
cocciuto
tenace
testardo
persisto
halsstarrig
hardnekkig
cabeça-dura
obstinado
teimoso
terco
tenaz
zäh
Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à suédois
styvnackad
Appartenant à grec ancien
σκληροτράχηλος
Appartenant à russe
жестоковыйный
Appartenant à allemand
allemand
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.

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