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

1. superlative. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
2. superlative. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
3. superlative. Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
4. superlative. Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
5. superlative. Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
6. superlative. Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
7. superlative. Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
8. superlative. Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
9. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, remains

10. noun. an ordinary man

    "a lucky stiff"

    "a working stiff"

11. adjective. very drunk

    Synonyms: besotted, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed

12. adjective. incapable of or resistant to bending

    "a rigid strip of metal"

    "a table made of rigid plastic"

    Synonyms: rigid

13. adjective. rigidly formal

    "a starchy manner"

    "the letter was stiff and formal"

    Synonyms: buckram, starchy

14. adjective. not moving or operating freely

    "a stiff hinge"

15. adjective. having a strong physiological or chemical effect, "a stiff drink"

    "a potent toxin"

    "potent liquor"

    Synonyms: potent, strong

16. adjective. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

    "firm convictions"

    "a firm mouth"

    Synonyms: firm, steadfast, steady, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering

17. adjective. powerful

    "a stiff current"

    "a stiff breeze"

18. adverb. in a stiff manner

    "his hands lay stiffly"

    Synonyms: stiffly

19. adverb. extremely

    "bored stiff"

    "frightened stiff"

Synonyms

cadaver, clay, corpse, remains, besotted, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, tight, wet, rigid, buckram

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in stiff:

tiffs

Common word forms

stiffs, stiffed, stiffen, stiffer, stiffly, stiffest, stiffing, stiffness

Words from these letters

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