What does stiff mean in English? Meaning of stiff definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "stiff": an ordinary man
Noun
Meaning: an ordinary manExample: a lucky stiff
a working stiffSynonyms: stiffHypernyms: adult male
manMeaning of "stiff": not moving or operating freely
Adjective
Meaning: not moving or operating freelyExample: a stiff hingeSynonyms: stiffSimilar: immobileMeaning of "stiff": extremely
Adverb
Meaning: extremelyExample: bored stiff
frightened stiffSynonyms: stiffMeaning of "stiff": the dead body of a human being
Noun
Meaning: the dead body of a human beingExample: 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 claySynonyms: cadaver
clay
corpse
remains
stiffHyponyms: cremainsHypernyms: body
dead bodyMeaning of "stiff": powerful
Adjective
Meaning: powerfulExample: a stiff current
a stiff breezeSynonyms: stiffSimilar: strongMeaning of "stiff": in a stiff manner
Adverb
Meaning: in a stiff mannerExample: his hands lay stifflySynonyms: stiff
stifflyMeaning of "stiff": rigidly formal
Adjective
Meaning: rigidly formalExample: a starchy manner
the letter was stiff and formal
his prose has a buckram qualitySynonyms: buckram
starchy
stiffSimilar: formalMeaning of "stiff": having a strong physiological or chemical effect
Adjective
Meaning: having a strong physiological or chemical effectExample: a potent toxin
potent liquor
a potent cup of tea
a stiff drinkSynonyms: potent
stiff
strongAntonyms: impotentSimilar: equipotent
multipotentAlso see: effective
effectual
efficacious
fertile
powerfulMeaning of "stiff": marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
Adjective
Meaning: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakableExample: firm convictions
a firm mouth
steadfast resolve
a man of unbendable perseverence
unwavering loyaltySynonyms: firm
steadfast
steady
stiff
unbendable
unfaltering
unshakable
unwaveringSimilar: resoluteMeaning of "stiff": incapable of or resistant to bending
Adjective
Meaning: incapable of or resistant to bendingExample: a rigid strip of metal
a table made of rigid plastic
a palace guardsman stiff as a poker
stiff hair
a stiff neckSynonyms: rigid
stiffSimilar: inflexibleMeaning of "stiff": very drunk
Adjective
Meaning: very drunkSynonyms: besotted
blind drunk
blotto
cockeyed
crocked
fuddled
loaded
pie-eyed
pissed
pixilated
plastered
slopped
sloshed
smashed
soaked
soused
sozzled
squiffy
stiff
tight
wetSimilar: drunk
inebriated
intoxicatedAdjective: (of an object) Rigid, hard to bend, inflexible. 1907, Robert W. Chambers, chapter IX, The Younger Set: “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.1907, Robert W. Chambers, chapter IX, The Younger Set: “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.(figuratively, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.(of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.(colloquial) Harsh, severe. He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.(of muscles or parts of the body) Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise. My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday.Potent. a stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze.Dead, deceased.(of a penis) Erect.(cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own. beat the egg whites until they are stiffSynonyms:
solid, stark, tight, tense, rigid, thick, wooden, firm, refractory, set, brittle, fixed, frozen, graceless, hardened, inelastic, mechanical, ossified, petrified, resistant, starchy, stony, taut, unbending, ungraceful, unyielding, benumbed, incompliant, indurate, creaky, arthritic, rheumatic, buckram, annealed, cemented, chilled, congealed, contracted, immalleable, impliable, jelled, numbed, solidified, starched, steely, stiff as a board, thickened, unflexible, unsupple, wooden, cold, strong, angular, artificial, austere, ceremonious, forced, hardheaded, headstrong, inflexible, intractable, labored, mannered, obstinate, pertinacious, pompous, priggish, prim, punctilious, relentless, starchy, stilted, stubborn, uneasy, ungainly, ungraceful, unnatural, unrelenting, constrained, unrelaxed, hard, tough, uphill, arduous, exacting, formidable, laborious, trying, fatiguing, heavy, stringent, excessive, harsh, brisk, hard, strict, rigorous, sharp, strong, steep, vigorous, great, potent, austere, cruel, drastic, exact, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, inexorable, inordinate, oppressive, pitiless, powerful, towering, unconscionable, undue,
Antonyms:
bending, pliable, supple, indefinite, graceful, informal, soft, loose, slack, flexible, pliant, casual, easy, calm, moderate, normal, pliable, graceful, informal, flexible, pliant, soft, casual, easy, calm, moderate, normal, facile, pliable, graceful, informal, easy, nice, flexible, pliant, soft, casual, calm, moderate, normal, inexact, tolerant, kind, inactive, uncertain, lenient, indefinite, indistinct, pliable, graceful, informal, easy, flexible, moderate, gentle, mild, soft, nice, slow, yielding, easy-going, low, weak, pliant, casual, calm, normal,
