stiffen

stiffen is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
2. transitive verb. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
3. transitive verb. To make torpid; to benumb.
4. intransitive verb. To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
5. verb. make stiff or stiffer

   "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"

6. verb. become stiff or stiffer

   "He stiffened when he saw his boss enter the room"

7. verb. restrict

   "Tighten the rules"

   "stiffen the regulations"

   Synonyms: constrain, tighten

Synonyms

constrain, tighten

Common word forms

stiffens, stiffened, stiffener, stiffening

Words from these letters

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