Definition of stiff

"stiff" in the noun sense

1. stiff

an ordinary man

"a lucky stiff"

"a working stiff"

2. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains

the dead body of a human being

"the cadaver was intended for dissection"

"the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"

"the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"

"honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

"stiff" in the adjective sense

1. stiff

not moving or operating freely

"a stiff hinge"

2. stiff

powerful

"a stiff current"

"a stiff breeze"

3. starchy, stiff, buckram

rigidly formal

"a starchy manner"

"the letter was stiff and formal"

"his prose has a buckram quality"

4. potent, strong, stiff

having a strong physiological or chemical effect

"a potent toxin"

"potent liquor"

"a potent cup of tea"

"a stiff drink"

5. firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering

marked by firm determination or resolution not shakable

"firm convictions"

"a firm mouth"

"steadfast resolve"

"a man of unbendable perseverence"

"unwavering loyalty"

6. rigid, stiff

incapable of or resistant to bending

"a rigid strip of metal"

"a table made of rigid plastic"

"a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"

"stiff hair"

"a stiff neck"

7. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet

very drunk

"stiff" in the adverb sense

1. stiff

extremely

"bored stiff"

"frightened stiff"

2. stiffly, stiff

in a stiff manner

"his hands lay stiffly"

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Quotations for stiff

Fools are stubborn in their way,
As coins are hardened by the allay;
And obstinacy's never so stiff
As when 'tis in a wrong belief. [ Butler ]

Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong. [ Dryden ]

Awkward, embarrassed, stiff, without the skill
Of moving gracefully or standing still.
One leg, as if suspicious of his brother.
Desirous seems to run away from t' other. [ Churchill ]

The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow. [ Lowell ]

Such a noise arose as the shroud? make at sea in a stiff tempest, as loud and to as many tunes, - hats, cloaks, doublets, I think, flew up; and had their faces been loose, this day they had been lost. [ William Shakespeare ]

In beginning the world, if you don't wish to get chafed at every turn, fold up your pride carefully, put it under lock and key, and only let it out to air upon grand occasions. Pride is a garment all stiff brocade outside, all grating sackcloth on the side next to the skin. [ Lytton ]

Nature, when she amused herself by giving stiff manners to old maids, put virtue in a very bad light. A woman must have been a mother to preserve under the chilling influences of time that grace of manner and sweetness of temper, which prompt us to say, One sees that love has dwelt there. [ Lemontey ]

Phaeton was his father's heir; born to attain the highest fortune without earning it; he had built no sun-chariot (could not build the simplest wheel-barrow), but could and would insist on driving one; and so broke his own stiff neck, sent gig and horses spinning through infinite space, and set the universe on fire. [ Carlyle ]

stiff in Scrabble®

The word stiff is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

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stiff in Words With Friends™

The word stiff is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

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Words within the letters of stiff

2 letter words in stiff (3 words)

3 letter words in stiff (4 words)

4 letter words in stiff (4 words)

5 letter words in stiff (Anagrams) (2 words)

stiff + 1 blank (3 words)

Word Growth involving stiff

Shorter words in stiff

if tiff

Longer words containing stiff

mastiff bullmastiff bullmastiffs

mastiff mastiffs bullmastiffs

overstiff overstiffen

overstiff overstiffly

overstiff overstiffness

stiffed

stiffen overstiffen

stiffen restiffen restiffens

stiffen stiffened unstiffened

stiffen stiffener stiffeners

stiffen stiffening

stiffen stiffens restiffens

stiffen unstiffen unstiffened

stiffer

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stiffing

stiffish

stiffly overstiffly

stiffnecked

stiffness overstiffness

stiffness stiffnesses

stiffs mastiffs bullmastiffs

stifftail stifftails