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stiffadjective incapable of or highly resistant to bendinguse a stiff piece of paper for the project inflexible, rigid, stiffened, unyielding inelasticfirm, hard, solid, sound, strongbrittle, crispcompact, dense, substantialarthritic, rheumaticnonelastic, nonmalleable flexible, floppy, pliable, pliant, supple, yielding elastic, resilient, springy, stretchy, workablemalleable, plasticsemiflexibledroopy, flabby, flaccid, mushy, semisoft, soft, squashy, squishylank, limber, limp, lissome(also lissom), lithe, lithesome, willowy difficult to endurestiff winds bitter, brutal, burdensome, cruel, excruciating, grievous, grim, hard, hardhanded, harsh, heavy, inhuman, murderous, onerous, oppressive, rough, rugged, searing, severe, tough, trying austere, bleak, comfortless, discomforting, forbidding, inhospitable, spartan, uncomfortablebiting, inclement, intemperate, wildrigorous, strict, stringentagonizing, heartbreaking, heartrending, painful, wretchedcrushing, grinding, overwhelming, wearinginsufferable, insupportable, intolerable, unbearable, unendurableharrowing, tortuousbad, disagreeable, hostile, unfriendly, unpleasant easy, light, soft comfortable, cozy, luxurious, snugagreeable, friendly, genial, hospitable, pleasantpeaceful, relaxing, reposeful, restfulbearable, endurable, painless, tolerablebalmy, calm, clement, gentle, mild, moderate, temperate going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amountdon't you think that's a pretty stiff fine for such a minor infraction? baroque, devilish, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fancy, immoderate, inordinate, insane, intolerable, lavish, overdue, overextravagant, overmuch, overweening, plethoric, steep, towering, unconscionable, undue, unmerciful boundless, endless, immeasurable, infinite, limitlessunbearable, unjustifiable, unwarrantedimproper, inappropriate, thick, unseemlyunrestrained a bit much, over the top middling, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate deficient, inadequate, insufficientminimal, minimum having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressurestir two cups of flour with the remaining ingredients to make a stiff dough compact, firm, hard, rigid, solid, unyielding case-hardened, compacted, compressed, hardened, indurated, stiffened, temperedclose, dense, heavy, thick, thicksetinelastic, inflexible, ramrod, unbendingcompressed, condensedadamantine, rocklikesturdy, substantialimpenetrable, impermeable, nonporous flabby, soft, spongy, squashy, squishy loose, scattered, thinbendable, elastic, flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant, suppledroopy, flaccid, floppy, lank, limp, slackairy, lightpermeable, porousultrasoft lacking social grace and assurancefelt stiff and ill-at-ease whenever she was introduced to her parents' friends awkward, clumsy, gauche, graceless, inelegant, rough-hewn, rustic(also rustical), stilted, uncomfortable, uneasy, ungraceful, wooden angular, gawky, lubberly, ungainlyboorish, clownish, uncouthabashed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassedself-consciousagitated, bothered, chagrined, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, fazed, flustered, jittery, jumpy, mortified, nervous, nonplussed(also nonplused), perturbed, rattled, unhinged, unsettled, upsetdiffident, insecure, meek, modest, self-doubting, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unpretentious graceful, suave, urbane assured, calm, collected, composed, confident, cool, placid, poised, secure, self-assured, self-confident, self-possessed, serene, tranquil, undisturbed, unperturbed requiring considerable physical or mental effortwe'll have a stiff climb to actually reach the summit arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling(or gruelling), hard, heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, uphill abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic(also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, trickybruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, tryingannoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatiousgrievous, grim, strict, stringentbrutal, cruel, inhuman, painful cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding achievable, clear, doable, elementary, manageable, uncomplicatedcomforting, gentle, painless, relaxed, smooth, soothingaccessible, friendly, idiotproof, user-friendly marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and detailsthe stiff politeness with which I was greeted suggested that they weren't truly happy to see me ceremonious, correct, decorous, formal, nice, proper, punctilious, starchy, stiff-necked, stilted sober, solemn, statelychivalrous, courtly, gallantgenteel, polished, refinedcivil, courteous, polite, red-carpet casual, easygoing, informal, laid-back, unceremonious improper, indecorous, unmannerlydiscourteous, impolite, rude being under the influence of alcoholseeing that the customer was more than a little stiff, the bartender offered to call a cab for him besotted, blasted(slang), blind, blitzed(slang), blotto(slang), bombed, boozy, canned(slang), cockeyed, crocked, drunk, drunken, fried, gassed, hammered(slang), high, impaired, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced(slang), lit, lit up, loaded(slang), looped, oiled(slang), pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted(slang), ripped(slang), sloshed(slang), smashed(slang), sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed(or squiffy), stewed, stinking(slang), stoned, tanked(slang), tiddly(chiefly British), tight, tipsy, wasted(slang), wet, wiped out(slang) maudlinbeerybefuddled, bleary-eyed, crapulous, dopey(also dopy), rocky, strung out, stupefieddebauched, dissipated, dissolutealcoholic, bibulous, dipsomaniacal in one's cups, in the bag(slang), three sheets in the wind(or three sheets to the wind), under the influence, under the weather sober, straight abstemious, abstinent, dry, temperate, teetotalclearheaded, cool, level, steady a dead bodyto the mortician, a stiff was a stiff and they were all pretty much alike bones, cadaver, carcass, corpse, corpus, corse(archaic), relics, remains mummycarnage, carrionashesdeceased, decedent a member of the human raceone lucky stiff will get the biggest jackpot in the lottery's history baby, being, bird, bod(British), body, character, cookie(or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, thing, wight hominid, homo, humanoidbrother, fellow, fellowman, neighborcelebrity, personality, self, somebody son of man animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter to deliberately ignore or treat rudelythe actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events cold-shoulder, cut, high-hat, slight, snub, stiff-arm isolate, ostracizebrush (aside or off), disdain, rebuff, reject, repel, repulse, scorn, spurndisregard, forget, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, shrug off to rob by the use of trickery or threatscustomers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company claiming to sell designer handbags beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, euchre, fiddle, fleece, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose(slang), hustle, mulct, nobble(British slang), pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize extort, wrench, wrest, wringclip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soakexploit, milkdeceive, dupe, fool, gull, trickrope (in)betray, bitch, double-crossbamboozle, fast-talk sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners adj.stiff, rigid, inflexible mean difficult to bend.stiff may apply to any degree of this condition.stretching keeps your muscles from becoming stiff rigid applies to something so stiff that it cannot be bent without breaking.a rigid surfboard inflexible stresses lack of suppleness or pliability.ski boots with inflexible soles before the 12th century |