Stiff

[stɪf]

Definition

(noun.) an ordinary man; 'a lucky stiff'; 'a working stiff'.

(adj.) not moving or operating freely; 'a stiff hinge' .

(adj.) powerful; 'a stiff current'; 'a stiff breeze' .

(adv.) extremely; 'bored stiff'; 'frightened stiff'.

Editor: Xenia--From WordNet

Definition

(superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.

(superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.

(superl.) Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.

(superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.

(superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.

(superl.) Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.

(superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.

(superl.) Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.

Typed by Brooke

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Rigid, unbending, unyielding, inflexible.[2]. Firm, tenacious, thick, inspissated.[3]. Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, rigorous, severe, strict, straight-laced, stringent, peremptory, absolute, positive, austere, dogmatic, uncompromising.[4]. Formal, constrained, ceremonious, punctilious, prim, starch, stately, chilling, frigid, in buckram.[5]. Inelegant, cramped, harsh, crude, graceless, abrupt.[6]. Strong, fresh.

Editor: Madge

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Unbending, inflexible, rigid, unyielding, unpliant, stroux, stubborn,obstinate, pertinacious, constrained, affected, starched, formal, ceremonious,difficult

ANT:Pliant, flexible, flaccid, yielding, easy, unaffected, genial, affable,unceremonious

Inputed by Gavin

Definition

adj. not easily bent: rigid: not liquid: rather hard than soft: not easily overcome: obstinate: not natural and easy: constrained: formal: hard to overcome difficult: firm of prices &c.: dead rigid in death: (naut.) keeping upright.—n. (slang) a corpse: negotiable paper: forged paper.—v.t. Stiff′en to make stiff.—v.i. to become stiff: to become less impressible or more obstinate.—ns. Stiff′ener one who or that which stiffens; Stiff′ening something used to make a substance more stiff.—adj. Stiff′-heart′ed (B.) obstinate stubborn.—adv. Stiff′ly.—n. Stiff′-neck cervical myalgia true torticollis.—adj. Stiff′-necked obstinate hard to move.—ns. Stiff′-neck′edness; Stiff′ness.—Do a bit of stiff to accept or discount a bill.

Editor: Rae

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