stiff-necked
81marble — n 1. chalcedony, limestone, quartz; agate, Sl. aggie, Sl. glassy, shooter. adj 2. hard, polished, smooth, vitreous, glossy, shiny, lustrous. 3. marble hearted, cold hearted, hard hearted; cold, austere, harsh, flinty, steely; unsympathetic,… …
82partisan — n 1. adherent, devotee, follower, supporter, upholder, backer; champion, rooter, booster, fan, enthusiast, well wisher; disciple, votary, sectary, believer; party man, party faithful; sympathizer, ally; henchman, hanger on, heeler. adj 2. partial …
83pertinacious — adj 1. stubborn, Inf. ornery, pigheaded, mulish, stubborn as a mule; unyielding, intractable, obdurate, obstinate; inflexible, unbending, adamant, adamantine, rigid, stony, fixed, stiff, stiff necked; unswerving, undeviating, uncompromising,… …
84priggish — adj 1. prudish, puritanical, bluenosed, overmodest, old maidish; hidebound, strait laced, stiff, stiff necked, strict, severe, formal; snobbish, stilted, Inf. high hat, Sl. snooty, Sl. snotty; smug, sanctimonious, Inf. stuffy; fastidious,… …
85prim — adj starched, rigid, stiff, formal, Inf. tight; strait laced, stiff necked, hidebound, in buckram; prudish, priggish, puritanical, squeamish; exact, exacting, punctilious, fastidious, scrupulous …
86resistant — adj 1. withstanding, repellent, defiant, opposing, antagonistic, counteractive; repugnant, clashing, reactionary, oppugnant, dissident; indomitable, die hard, intractable, obstreperous; belligerent, bellicose, hostile; insubordinate, rebellious,… …
87strait-laced — adj puritanical, puritan, prudish, nice nelly, moralistic, strict, austere, ascetic; severe, precise, abstinent, abstemious; stiff, stiff necked, rigid, arbitrary, narrow, uncompromising; priggish, over modest, old maidish, old fashioned, of the… …
88stuffy — adj 1. close, poorly ventilated, ill ventilated; airless, stifling, suffocating, sultry, oppressive; stale, musty, moldy, mildewy, fusty, frowzy, Brit. Inf. frowsty. 2. dull, dull as dishwater, uninteresting, boring, bore some, tedious, tiresome …
89ly — ly·so·genesis; ly·so·genetic; Ly·sol; ly·so·lecithin; ly·so·zyme; ly·syl; ly·thra·ce·ae; ly·thra·les; ly·thrum; mach·i·a·vel·li·an·ly; ma·chine·ly; mac·ro·ceph·a·ly; mad·ly; mag·i·cal·ly; mag·is·te·ri·al·ly; mag·is·tral·ly; mag·net·i·cal·ly;… …
90ness — ness·ber·ry; ness·ler·iza·tion; ness·ler·ize; ness·ler s; new·fan·gled·ness; new·ness; news·i·ness; nice·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; nigh·ness; nip·pi·ness; no·ble·ness; nois·i·ness; non·cha·lant·ness; north·er·li·ness; north·ness;… …
