Tom's a stiff-necked old man.
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Stiff-necked
Synonyms for "stiff-necked" (59 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (29)
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3 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 13 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σκληροτράχηλος adj (stubborn)
Bulgarian
1 entries- твърдоглав adj (stubborn)
Dutch
1 entries- hardnekkig adj (stubborn)
Esperanto
1 entries- malmolnuka adj (stubborn)
German
2 entries- hartnäckig adj (stubborn)
- steifnackig adj (stubborn)
Hebrew
1 entries- קְשֵׁה עֹרֶף adj (stubborn)
Irish
1 entries- cruamhuineálach adj (stubborn)
Latin
1 entries- contumax adj (stubborn)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- halsstarrig adj (stubborn)
- hardnakket adj (stubborn)
- stivnakket adj (stubborn)
- urokkelig adj (stubborn)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- hardnakka adj (stubborn)
- stivnakka adj (stubborn)
- vrangviljug adj (stubborn)
Russian
2 entries- жестоковы́йный adj (stubborn)
- упря́мый adj (stubborn)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- rag-mhuinealach adj (stubborn)
Swedish
2 entries- hårdnackad adj (stubborn)
- styvnackad adj (stubborn)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
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