not easily bent; rigid
a piece of stiff card
said of a handle, lever, lock, or other mechanism: hard to operate or turn
said of the body or a part of it: difficult or painful to move
said of a mixture: thick
socially formal or unfriendly
harsh or severe
a stiff contest
strong or powerful
a stiff drink
a stiff wind
said of a price: high
chiefly NAmer, informal drunk
informal used to intensify certain past participles used as adjectives
scared stiff
bored stiff
a stiff upper lip
a stoical, dry-eyed self-control
stiff with something
informal full of something it
The place was stiff with uniformed police
stiffish adj
stiffly adv
stiffness noun
[Old English stīf]