To become or grow stiff.
To become obstinate or stubborn.
Rigid; not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not flaccid: as, stiff paper; a cravat stiff with starch.
Not fluid: thick and tenacious; neither soft nor hard: as, a stiff batter; stiff clay.
Drawn tight; tense: as, a stiff cord.
Not easily bent: not to be moved without great friction or exertion; not working smoothly or easily.
Not natural and easy in movement; not flowing or graceful; cramped; constrained: as, a stiff style of writing or speaking.
Rigidly ceremonious; formal in manner; constrained; affected; unbending; starched: as, a stiff deportment.
Strong and steady in motion: as, a stiff breeze.
Strong; lusty; stanch, both physically and mentally.
Strong: said of an alcoholic drink, or mixed drink of which spirit forms a part.
Firm in resistance or persistence; obstinate; stubborn; pertinacious.
Hard to receive or accept; hard to bear.
Hard to master or overcome; very difficult: as, a stiff examination in mathematics.
Nautical, bearing a press of canvas or of wind without careening much; tending to keep upright: as, a stiff vessel; a stiff keel: opposed to crank.
High; steep: as, a stiff price.
Unyielding; firm: said of prices, markets, etc.: as, the wheat-market is stiff.
Rigid as in death; dead.
Synonyms Unbending, unyielding.
Prim, punctilious.
Inflexible, uncompromising.
noun.
A dead body; a corpse.