| ADJECTIVE | all | stiff | not moving or operating freely |
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| all | stiff | powerful | |
| all | stiff, starchy, buckram | rigidly formal | |
| all | stiff, potent, strong | having a strong physiological or chemical effect | |
| all | stiff, firm, steadfast, steady, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering | marked by firm determination or resolution | |
| all | stiff, rigid | incapable of or resistant to bending | |
| all | stiff, besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, tight, wet | very drunk | |
| NOUN | person | stiff | an ordinary man |
| body | stiff, cadaver, corpse, clay, remains | the dead body of a human being | |
| ADVERB | all | stiff | extremely |
| all | stiff, stiffly | in a stiff manner |
| Sounds | stih'f | |
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| Rhymes | bailiff ... Wickliffe: 18 rhymes with ihf... | |
| Meaning | not moving or operating freely. | |
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| Example | "a stiff hinge" | |
| Broader | immobile | not capable of movement or of being moved |
| Spanish | inflexible, rígido, tieso | |
| Nouns | stiffness | the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend |
| Adverbs | stiffly | in a stiff manner |
| Meaning | Powerful. | |
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| Broader | strong | Having strength or power greater than average or expected |
| Meaning | rigidly formal. | |
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| Example | "the letter was stiff and formal" | |
| Synonyms | starchy, buckram | |
| Broader | formal | In accord / accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) |
| Spanish | formal, serio | |
| Catalan | formal | |
| Nouns | stiffness | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment / embarrassment) |
| Meaning | Having a strong physiological or chemical effect. | |
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| Example | "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink" | |
| Synonyms | potent, strong | |
| Attribute of | potency, effectiveness, strength | Capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects |
| Narrower | equipotent | Having equal strength or efficacy |
| multipotent | able to many things | |
| See also | effective, effectual, efficacious | producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect |
| fertile | capable of reproducing | |
| powerful | Having great power or force or potency or effect | |
| Opposite | impotent | lacking power or ability |
| Spanish | potente | |
| Meaning | marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable. | |
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| Synonyms | firm, steadfast, steady, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering | |
| Broader | resolute | Firm in purpose or belief |
| Spanish | constante, firme, inalterable, inquebrantable, irrompible | |
| Catalan | constant, ferm, inalterable, irrompible, resolut | |
| Nouns | stiffness | firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action |
| Meaning | incapable of or resistant to bending. | |
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| Synonym | rigid | |
| Broader | inflexible | resistant to being bent / bent |
| Spanish | rígida, rígido, tieso, yerto | |
| Catalan | rígid | |
| Nouns | stiffness | the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend |
| stiffness | the property of moving with pain or difficulty | |
| Adverbs | stiffly | in a rigid manner |
| Meaning | Very drunk. | |
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| Synonyms | besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, tight, wet | |
| Broader | intoxicated, drunk, inebriated, ripped, gone | stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) |
| Usage of | slang, cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular | A characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
| Spanish | achispado, ajumado, borracho, ciego, curda, curdela, mamado, pedo, piripí, trompa | |
| Catalan | borratxo, gat, mamat, mullat, pet, pilloc, pitof, trompa, xop | |
| Meaning | An ordinary man. | |
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| Broader | man, adult male | An adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) |
| Meaning | The dead body of a human being. | |
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| Example | "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river" | |
| Synonyms | cadaver, corpse, clay, remains | |
| Narrower | cremains | The remains of a dead body after cremation |
| Broader | body, dead body | A natural object consisting of a dead animal or person |
| Usage of | slang | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
| Spanish | cadáver, cenizas, cuerpo, fiambre, muerto, restos mortales, restos | |
| Catalan | cadàver, cos, mort, restes | |
| Meaning | Extremely. | |
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| Meaning | In a stiff manner. | |
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| Example | "his hands lay stiffly" | |
| Synonym | stiffly | |
| Spanish | rígidamente | |
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