Synonyms for stiff

Some common synonyms of stiff are: stiff [a.] 1. Rigid, unbending, unyielding, inflexible, stark, subrigid. 2. Firm, tenacious, thick, inspissated. 3. Stubborn, obstinate, pertinacious, tenacious, strong. 4. Rigorous, severe, strict, strait-laced, stringent, peremptory, absolute, positive, austere, dogmatic, uncompromising, inexorable. 5. Formal, constrained, ceremonious, punctilious, prim, starch, stately, chilling, frigid, in buckram. 6. Inelegant, cramped, harsh, crude, graceless, abrupt. 7. Strong, fresh.