stiff

rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex.

a stiff collar.

Synonyms:

unyielding, unbending

not moving or working easily.

The motor was a little stiff from the cold weather.

(of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury.

strong; forceful; powerful: The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent's jaw.

stiff winds;

The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent's jaw.

strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage or medicine.

He was cold and wanted a good stiff drink.

resolute; firm in purpose; unyielding; stubborn.

Synonyms:

unrelenting, pertinacious, obstinate, resolved

stubbornly continued.

a stiff battle.

firm against any tendency to decrease, as stock-market prices.

rigidly formal; cold and unfriendly, as people, manners, or proceedings.

Synonyms:

prim, constrained, reserved

lacking ease and grace; awkward.

a stiff style of writing.

Synonyms:

inelegant, graceless

excessively regular or formal, as a design; not graceful in form or arrangement.

laborious or difficult, as a task.

severe or harsh, as a penalty or demand.

excessive; unusually high or great.

$50 is pretty stiff to pay for that.

firm from tension; taut.

to keep a stiff rein.

relatively firm in consistency, as semisolid matter; thick.

a stiff jelly;

a stiff batter.

dense or compact; not friable.

stiff soil.

Nautical. (of a vessel) having a high resistance to rolling; stable (crank ).

Scot. and North England. sturdy, stout, or strongly built.

Australian Slang. out of luck; unfortunate.

Slang.

1. a dead body; corpse.

2. a formal or priggish person.

3. a poor tipper; tightwad.

4. a drunk.

Slang.

1. a fellow.

   lucky stiff; poor stiff.

2. a tramp; hobo.

3. a laborer.

Slang.

1. a forged check.

2. a promissory note or bill of exchange.

3. a letter or note, especially if secret or smuggled.

Slang. a contestant, especially a racehorse, sure to lose.

in or to a firm or rigid state.

The wet shirt was frozen stiff.

completely, intensely, or extremely: We're scared stiff.

I'm bored stiff by these lectures.

We're scared stiff.

not easily bent; rigid; inflexible

not working or moving easily or smoothly

a stiff handle

difficult to accept in its severity or harshness

a stiff punishment

moving with pain or difficulty; not supple

a stiff neck

difficult; arduous

a stiff climb

unrelaxed or awkward; formal

firmer than liquid in consistency; thick or viscous

powerful; strong

a stiff breeze

a stiff drink

excessively high

a stiff price

nautical (of a sailing vessel) relatively resistant to heeling or rolling Compare tender 1

lacking grace or attractiveness

stubborn or stubbornly maintained

a stiff fight

obsolete tightly stretched; taut

slang unlucky

slang intoxicated

See lip

informal amply provided with

slang a corpse

slang anything thought to be a loser or a failure; flop