stiff : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: stiff	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for stiff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stiff adv extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff" in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly" Synonym(s): stiffly, stiff adj 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" Synonym(s): starchy, stiff, buckram having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink" Synonym(s): potent, strong, stiff Antonym(s): impotent marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty" Synonym(s): firm, steadfast, steady, stiff, 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" Synonym(s): rigid, stiff very drunk Synonym(s): besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tight, wet n 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" Synonym(s): cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stiff \Stiff\, a. [Compar. {Stiffer}; superl. {Stiffest}.] [OE. stif, AS. st[c6]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw. styf, Icel. st[c6]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L. stipes a post, trunk of a tree, stipare to press, compress. Cf. {Costive}, {Stifle}, {Stipulate}, {Stive} to stuff.] 1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints. [They] rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid a[89]rial sky. --Milton. 2. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff. 3. Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze. 4. Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary. It is a shame to stand stiff in a foolish argument. --Jer. Taylor. A war ensues: the Cretans own their cause, Stiff to defend their hospitable laws. --Dryden. 5. Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style. The French are open, familiar, and talkative; the Italians stiff, ceremonious, and reserved. --Addison. 6. Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear. [Obs. or Colloq.] [bd]This is stiff news.[b8] --Shak. 7. (Naut.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to {crank}. --Totten. 8. Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price. [Slang] {Stiff neck}, a condition of the neck such that the head can not be moved without difficulty and pain. Syn: Rigid; inflexible; strong; hardly; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; harsh; formal; constrained; affected; starched; rigorous.