Dictionary Entry
stiff
stiff is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
- 2superlative
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
- 3superlative
Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
- 4superlative
Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
- 5superlative
Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
- 6superlative
Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
- 7superlative
Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
- 8superlative
Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
- 9noun
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"
- 10noun
an ordinary man
"a lucky stiff"
"a working stiff"
- 11adjective
very drunk
- 12adjective
incapable of or resistant to bending
"a rigid strip of metal"
"a table made of rigid plastic"
Synonyms
- 13adjective
rigidly formal
"a starchy manner"
"the letter was stiff and formal"
- 14adjective
not moving or operating freely
"a stiff hinge"
- 15adjective
having a strong physiological or chemical effect, "a stiff drink"
"a potent toxin"
"potent liquor"
- 16adjective
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
"firm convictions"
"a firm mouth"
- 17adjective
powerful
"a stiff current"
"a stiff breeze"
- 18adverb
in a stiff manner
"his hands lay stiffly"
Synonyms
- 19adverb
extremely
"bored stiff"
"frightened stiff"
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