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单词 stiff
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stiffadjective

uk/stɪf/us/stɪf/

stiff adjective (FIRM)

B2 firm or hard:

stiff cardboard
a stiff collar
His clothes were stiff with dried mud.
This hair spray has made my hair stiff.
Mix the powder and water into a stiff paste.

B2 not easily bent or moved:

The handle on this door is rather stiff.
The man's body was (as) stiff as a board when it was found in the snow.

B2 If you are stiff or part of your body is stiff, your muscles hurt when they are moved:

Sitting still at a computer terminal all day can give you a stiff neck.

More examples

  • After walking through the snow, my feet were frozen stiff.
  • You'll need a stiff brush to scrape off the rust.
  • Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
  • I'm a bit stiff after that run yesterday.
  • She suffers terribly in the winter when it's cold and her joints get stiff.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Hard and firm

  • (as) stiff/straight as a ramrod idiom
  • adamantine
  • cast iron
  • crisp
  • crispy
  • crunchy
  • fossilized
  • hard
  • harden
  • horny
  • ossification
  • ossify
  • petrified
  • ramrod
  • solid
  • stiffly
  • stiffness
  • temper
  • tense
  • unyielding

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stiff adjective (NOT RELAXED)

C2 behaving in a way that is formal and not relaxed:

The general is a tall man with steel spectacles and a stiff, pompous manner.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Manners & levels of formality

  • buttoned-down
  • ceremonial
  • ceremonious
  • ceremony
  • decency
  • formal
  • formally
  • genteel
  • gentility
  • grace
  • ground rules
  • impropriety
  • not the done thing idiom
  • propriety
  • pukka
  • refinement
  • solemnity
  • stand on ceremony idiom
  • valediction
  • valedictory

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stiff adjective (SEVERE)

C2 severe and difficult:

The athlete was given a stiff punishment for using drugs.
They are campaigning for stiffer penalties for people who drink and drive.
There has been stiff opposition/resistance to the proposed tax increases.
It's a stiff climb to the top of the hill.
Some colleges have stiffer entry requirements than others.
Both companies are worried about losing business in the face of stiff competition.
a stiff breeze/wind

a strong wind

a stiff drink, brandy, gin, etc.

C2 an alcoholic drink that is very strong:

A stiff whisky - that's what I need.

A stiff price is very expensive:

We had to pay a stiff membership fee to join the health club.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Serious and severe

  • acute
  • chronic
  • critical
  • critically
  • desperate
  • dire
  • egregious
  • gravity
  • grievous
  • heaviness
  • heavy
  • mortal
  • serious
  • seriously
  • severely
  • severity
  • stiffness
  • swingeing
  • terminal
  • utmost

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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Wind & winds
Alcohol - general words
Costing too much

stiffadverb

uk/stɪf/us/stɪf/

B2 very much, or to a great degree:

I got frozen stiff (= very cold) waiting at the bus stop.
I was scared stiff when I heard someone moving around upstairs.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Linguistics: very & extreme

  • abject
  • awful
  • beyond
  • classic
  • classical
  • deadly
  • devastating
  • drop dead! idiom
  • eminently
  • esp
  • especially
  • heartily
  • impossibly
  • perfect
  • sheer
  • specially
  • supremely
  • thoroughly
  • whole
  • wide

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stiffnoun [ C ]

uk/stɪf/us/stɪf/

stiff noun [ C ] (PERSON)

US informal a person of the type described:

a working stiff
you lucky stiff

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

People in general

  • beggar
  • bird
  • body
  • breed
  • bugger
  • coot
  • creature
  • devil
  • landlubber
  • man
  • mankind
  • number
  • party
  • peeps
  • person
  • quarter
  • rogue
  • sod
  • sort
  • soul

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stiff noun [ C ] (BODY)

slang a dead body:

They found a stiff in the river.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Death and dying

  • be pushing up (the) daisies idiom
  • bereave
  • bite
  • bury
  • buy the farm idiom
  • deceased
  • depart
  • done
  • drop
  • expire
  • foot
  • gone
  • inquest
  • loss
  • peg
  • posthumous
  • road kill
  • SIDS
  • sudden infant death syndrome
  • the disappeared

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stiffverb [ T ]

uk/stɪf/us/stɪf/

to not pay someone money that you owe them :

She stiffed the cab driver.
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