stiff-necked

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

stiff-necked
    adj 1: haughtily stubborn; "a stiff-necked old Boston brahmin"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Stiff-necked \Stiff"-necked`\, a.
   Stubborn; inflexibly obstinate; contumacious; as,
   stiff-necked pride; a stiff-necked people. --Ex. xxxii. 9.
   [1913 Webster]