"Stiff-Backed" is a word in ENGLISH

Resembling an ass; asinine; stupid or obstinate.

To stop abruptly and stand still obstinately; to jib; to stop short; to swerve; as, the horse balks.

A sudden and obstinate stop; a failure.

adj. /(NA-)/ heedless, obstinate, stubborn, disobedient. Bangad ka nga ubing. You are an obstinate child. --syn. TULOK.

batinggílan - Stubborn, perverse, dogged, sullen, sulky, obstinate, mulish, disobedient, wilful, self-willed, unyielding, strong-headed, pig-headed; to be or become stubborn, …

A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or …

An obstinate person, or one that is wedded to an opinion, in matters of re-llgion, etc

Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal …

The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance …

A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.

The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.

Having a head like that of a bull. Fig.: Headstrong; obstinate; dogged.

An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development …

Headstrong; obstinate.

Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.

dîmanínggol - Headstrong, stubborn, unyielding, obstinate, obdurate, self-willed, unheeding, deaf to admonitions, commands or advice, tenacious, perverse, refractory, dogged. (cf. …

Sullenly obstinate; obstinately determined or persistent; as, dogged resolution; dogged work.

In a dogged manner; sullenly; with obstinate resolution.

Sullen or obstinate determination; grim resolution or persistence.

A stupid or obstinate fellow; an ass.