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Meaning & Definition of Stiff in English

English

Stiff

/stɪf/

noun

1. An ordinary man

  • "A lucky stiff"
  • "A working stiff"
synonym:
  • stiff

2. The dead body of a human being

  • "The cadaver was intended for dissection"
  • "The end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"
  • "The murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"
  • "Honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
synonym:
  • cadaver,
  • corpse,
  • stiff,
  • clay,
  • remains

adjective

1. Not moving or operating freely

  • "A stiff hinge"
synonym:
  • stiff

2. Powerful

  • "A stiff current"
  • "A stiff breeze"
synonym:
  • stiff

3. Rigidly formal

  • "A starchy manner"
  • "The letter was stiff and formal"
  • "His prose has a buckram quality"
synonym:
  • starchy,
  • stiff,
  • buckram

4. Having a strong physiological or chemical effect

  • "A potent toxin"
  • "Potent liquor"
  • "A potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
synonym:
  • potent,
  • strong,
  • stiff

5. Marked by firm determination or resolution

  • Not shakable
  • "Firm convictions"
  • "A firm mouth"
  • "Steadfast resolve"
  • "A man of unbendable perseverence"
  • "Unwavering loyalty"
synonym:
  • firm,
  • steadfast,
  • steady,
  • stiff,
  • unbendable,
  • unfaltering,
  • unshakable,
  • unwavering

6. Incapable of or resistant to bending

  • "A rigid strip of metal"
  • "A table made of rigid plastic"
  • "A palace guardsman stiff as a poker"
  • "Stiff hair"
  • "A stiff neck"
synonym:
  • rigid,
  • stiff

7. Very drunk

synonym:
  • besotted,
  • blind drunk,
  • blotto,
  • crocked,
  • cockeyed,
  • fuddled,
  • loaded,
  • pie-eyed,
  • pissed,
  • pixilated,
  • plastered,
  • slopped,
  • sloshed,
  • smashed,
  • soaked,
  • soused,
  • sozzled,
  • squiffy,
  • stiff,
  • tight,
  • wet

adverb

1. Extremely

  • "Bored stiff"
  • "Frightened stiff"
synonym:
  • stiff

2. In a stiff manner

  • "His hands lay stiffly"
synonym:
  • stiffly,
  • stiff

Examples of using

I walked till my legs got stiff.
Shoes are stiff when they are new.