rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex

a stiff collar.

not moving or working easily

The motor was a little stiff from the cold weather.

(of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury.

strong; forceful; powerful

stiff winds; The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent's jaw.

strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage or medicine

He was cold and wanted a good stiff drink.

resolute; firm in purpose; unyielding; stubborn.

stubbornly continued

a stiff battle.

firm against any tendency to decrease, as stock-market prices.

rigidly formal; cold and unfriendly, as people, manners, or proceedings.

lacking ease and grace; awkward

a stiff style of writing.

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:

firm from tension; taut

to keep a stiff rein.

relatively firm in consistency, as semisolid matter; thick

a stiff jelly; a stiff batter.

dense or compact; not friable

stiff soil.

Nautical . (of a vessel) having a high resistance to rolling; stable ( opposed to crank ).

Scot. and North England . sturdy, stout, or strongly built.

Australian Slang . out of luck; unfortunate.

Slang .

a dead body; corpse.

a formal or priggish person.

a poor tipper; tightwad.

a drunk.

Slang .

a fellow

lucky stiff; poor stiff.

a tramp; hobo.

a laborer.

Slang .

a forged check.

a promissory note or bill of exchange.

a letter or note, esp. if secret or smuggled.

Slang . a contestant, esp. a racehorse, sure to lose.

in or to a firm or rigid state

The wet shirt was frozen stiff.

completely, intensely, or extremely

I'm bored stiff by these lectures. We're scared stiff.

Slang . to fail or refuse to tip (a waiter, porter, etc.).

Slang . to cheat; gyp; do out of

The company stiffed me out of a week's pay.

adjective

flexible , pliable , pliant , soft , casual , graceful , informal , easy , calm , moderate , normal , flaccid , limber , limp , lithe

adjective

annealed , arthritic , benumbed , brittle , buckram , cemented , chilled , congealed , contracted , creaky , firm , fixed , frozen , graceless , hardened , immalleable , impliable , incompliant , indurate , inelastic , jelled , mechanical , numbed , ossified , petrified , refractory , resistant , rheumatic , rigid , set , solid , solidified , starched , starchy , stark , steely , stiff as a board , stony , taut , tense , thick , thickened , tight , unbending , unflexible , ungraceful , unsupple , unyielding , wooden , angular , artificial , austere , ceremonious , cold , constrained , forced , hardheaded , headstrong , inflexible , intractable , labored , mannered , obstinate , pertinacious , pompous , priggish , prim , punctilious , relentless , stilted , strong , stubborn , uneasy , ungainly , unnatural , unrelaxed , unrelenting , arduous , exacting , fatiguing , formidable , hard , laborious , tough , trying , uphill , brisk , cruel , drastic , exact , excessive , exorbitant , extravagant , great , harsh , heavy , immoderate , inexorable , inordinate , oppressive , pitiless , potent , powerful , rigorous , sharp , steep , strict , stringent , towering , unconscionable , undue , vigorous , constant , determined , resolute , steadfast , steady , uncompromising , unflinching , unwavering , concentrated , sky-high , stratospheric , (slang) high , affected , ankylotic , cramped , forcible , formal , inductile , inelegant , inopposable , large , monolithic , precise , prudish , stiffened , tenacious , unshakable , violent

noun

cadaver , carcass , corpse , remains , drunk , inebriate , sot , tippler , niggard , scrooge , skinflint