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adjective
- 1. not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid: "a stiff black collar"
- 2. severe or strong: "they face stiff fines and a possible jail sentence"
noun
- 1. a dead body.
- 2. a boring, conventional person: North American "ordinary working stiffs in respectable offices"
verb
- 1. cheat (someone) out of something, especially money: North American "several workers were stiffed out of their pay"
- 2. ignore deliberately; snub: North American "the stars are notorious for stiffing their hosts and sponsors at banquets"
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Definition of stiff adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
STIFF definition: 1. hard and difficult to bend: 2. A door, drawer, etc that is stiff does not move as easily as it…. Learn more.
1. a. : not easily bent : rigid. a stiff collar. b. : lacking in suppleness or flexibility. stiff muscles. c. : impeded in movement used of a mechanism. a truck's stiff suspension. d. : drunk sense 1a. 2. a. : firm, resolute. b. : stubborn, unyielding. c. : proud.
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.
Of the body, limbs, joints, muscles, etc.: lacking suppleness, unable to move without pain (esp. owing to age, cold, injury, disease, exhaustion, etc.). to have a stiff neck: to suffer from a rheumatic affection of the neck (usually caused by exposure to a draught) in which the head cannot be moved without pain. c1305.
adjective. us / stɪf/ Add to word list. hard and difficult to bend or move: stiff paper. The windows were stiff. If a part of your body is stiff, it hurts and does not move as easily as it should: stiff muscles. (Definition of stiff from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of stiff.
features: Word Combinations ( adjective, noun ), Word Explorer. Word Explorer. See. character, personality. The meaning of stiff. Definition of stiff. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
