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stiff

/st/I/f/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. having a strong physiological or chemical effect

    adj.all

    Examples
    A stiff drink.
    Synonyms potent strong
    Antonyms impotent

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, <i>stiff</i> wood, paper, joints.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. an ordinary man

    noun.person

    Examples
    A lucky stiff.
    A working stiff.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. the dead body of a human being

    noun.body

    Examples
    The murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river.
    Synonyms cadaver clay corpse remains

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adverb

  1. extremely

    adv.all

    Examples
    Bored stiff.
    Frightened stiff.
    Synonyms all-fired bloody boiling damn drop-dead enormously extraordinarily goddam goddamn goddamned hellishly hugely infernally inordinately positively precious preciously

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. in a stiff manner

    adv.all

    Examples
    His hands lay stiffly.
    Synonyms stiffly

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adjective satellite

  1. not moving or operating freely

    adj.all

    Examples
    A stiff hinge.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. powerful

    adj.all

    Examples
    A stiff current.
    A stiff breeze.
    Synonyms puissant

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. rigidly formal

    adj.all

    Examples
    The letter was stiff and formal.
    Synonyms buckram starchy

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

    adj.all

    Synonyms firm steadfast steady unbendable unfaltering unshakable unwavering

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. incapable of or resistant to bending

    adj.all

    Examples
    A palace guardsman stiff as a poker.
    Stiff hair.
    A stiff neck.
    Synonyms rigid

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. very drunk

    adj.all

    Synonyms besotted blind drunk blotto cockeyed crocked fuddled loaded pie-eyed pissed pixilated plastered slopped sloshed smashed soaked soused sozzled squiff

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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