Definition of stiff

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Stiff (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints..

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Prudery :: Prudery (n.) The quality or state of being prudish; excessive or affected scrupulousness in speech or conduct; stiffness; coyness.
Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle; as, to set milk for cheese..
Starched :: Starched (a.) Stiffened with starch.
Restiffness :: Restiffness (n.) Restiveness.
Crinkle :: Crinkle (v. i.) To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved..
Rigor :: Rigor (n.) The becoming stiff or rigid; the state of being rigid; rigidity; stiffness; hardness.
Starched :: Starch (n.) Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality..
Stiff-necked :: Stiffly (adv.) In a stiff manner.
Wooden :: Wooden (a.) Clumsy; awkward; ungainly; stiff; spiritless.
Tentaculum :: Tentaculum (n.) One of the stiff hairs situated about the mouth, or on the face, of many animals, and supposed to be tactile organs; a tactile hair..
Grogginess :: Grogginess (n.) Tenderness or stiffness in the foot of a horse, which causes him to move in a hobbling manner..
Seta :: Seta (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss..
Uneasy :: Uneasy (a.) Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment..
Stifle :: Stiff-tailed (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
Nash :: Nash (a.) Firm; stiff; hard; also, chilly..
Coriaceous :: Coriaceous (a.) Stiff, like leather or parchment..
Stiffish :: Stiff-hearted (a.) Obstinate; stubborn; contumacious.
Stayed :: Stay (n.) Strictly, a part in tension to hold the parts together, or stiffen them..
Corny :: Corny (a.) Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn..
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