Unscramble stiff

Definition of stiff

adjective:

• not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge".
• powerful; "a stiff current", "a stiff breeze".
• rigidly formal; "a starchy manner", "the letter was stiff and formal", "his prose has a buckram quality". Synonyms: buckram, starchy.
• having a strong physiological or chemical effect; ; ; ,; "a potent toxin", "potent liquor", "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink". Synonyms: potent, strong. Antonyms: impotent.
• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions", "a firm mouth", "steadfast resolve", "a man of unbendable perseverence", "unwavering loyalty". Synonyms: firm, steadfast, steady, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering.
• 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". Synonyms: rigid.
• very drunk. Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, tight, wet.

adverb:

• extremely; "bored stiff", "frightened stiff".
• in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly". Synonyms: stiffly.

noun:

• an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff", "a working stiff".
• 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". Synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, remains.

Related words

cremains.

Words nearby

skiff, sniff, spiff, staff, stuff, tiff.

Rhymes with

biff, cliff, hieroglyph, riff, skiff, sniff, tiff, whiff, whiff.