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What is another word for stiff-necked?

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Stubbornly, and usually unreasonably, holding to an opinion, decision or purpose

Strictly conventional in one's manner or behavior

Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

Stiffly formal in nature

Adjective

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Stubbornly, and usually unreasonably, holding to an opinion, decision or purpose

as stubborn as a mule

standing one's ground

incurable

with a will of one's own

stand pat

sticking to one's guns

determined to have one's own way

with one's feet dug in

convinced

with one's toes dug in

proof against persuasion

fossilized^US

fossilised^UK

focused^US

focussed^UK

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

full of determination

committed to the idea of

hell bent on

sombre^UK

somber^US

not up for negotiation

not have the time for

at each other's throats

as straight as an arrow

not subject to change

molded^US

moulded^UK

set in one's opinions

fixed in one's views

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Adjective

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Strictly conventional in one's manner or behavior

civilized^US

civilised^UK

honourable^UK

honorable^US

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Adjective

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Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

too big for your boots

too big for your breeches

throwing one's weight around

honourable^UK

honorable^US

throwing one's weight about

offensively self-assertive

pleased with yourself

too big for your britches

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

sarcastic

self-approving

goody-goody

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

blowing one's own horn

wrapped up in oneself

phony^US

phoney^UK

smart-assed^US

throwing weight around

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

not backwards in coming forwards

smart-arsed^UK

blowing one's own trumpet

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

flushed with success

like the cat that's got the cream

of preconceived ideas

crushing

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Adjective

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Stiffly formal in nature

labored^US

laboured^UK

keeping people at arm's length

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