n. Function: adjective
1 incapable of or highly resistant to bending or flexing FF1C; a stiff cardboard packing box FF1E;
Synonyms: immalleable, impliable, incompliant, inelastic, inflexible, rigid, unbending, unflexible, unyielding; compare INFLEXIBLE 2
Related Words: stiffish; hard, resistant; hardened, petrified; stark
Idioms: stiff as a board ( or poker)
Contrasted Words: soft, softened; yielding; bendable, pliable, pliant; limber, supple, willowy
Antonyms: flexible, flexile
2
Synonyms: INTOXICATED 1, ||boozy, ||canned, disguised, drunk, inebriated, ||lushed, muddled, pixilated, ||plastered
3
Synonyms: OBSTINATE , bullheaded, closed-minded, hardheaded, headstrong, intractable, mulish, pertinacious, self-willed, ||sot
4 characterized by a lack of ease, grace, or spontaneity especially in style FF1C; a play whose dialogue and characters were stiff and perfunctory FF1E;
Synonyms: buckram, cardboard, muscle-bound, stilted, wooden
Related Words: rigid, set, studied; machine-made, mechanical, stereotyped, stock; arid, dry, dull
Contrasted Words: expressive, graphic, vivid; easy, fluent, graceful, smooth
5
Synonyms: EXCESSIVE 1, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, steep, towering, unconscionable, undue