stiff-necked

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

cocciuto
tenace
testardo
sinonimi

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
Traduzioni

hartnäckig
obstiné
guindé
collet monté
intransigeant
tenace
farouchement
opiniâtre
mordicus
obstinée
acharnée
persisto
halsstarrig
hardnekkig
cabeça-dura
Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine svedese
styvnackad
Affine greco antico
σκληροτράχηλος
Affine russo
жестоковыйный
Affine tedesco
tedesco
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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