stiff
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(s) not moving or operating freely
- a stiff hinge
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(r) extremely
- bored stiff
- frightened stiff
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(s) powerful
- a stiff current
- a stiff breeze
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(r) in a stiff manner
- his hands lay stiffly
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(s) rigidly formal
- a starchy manner
- the letter was stiff and formal
- his prose has a buckram quality
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(a) having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- a potent toxin
- potent liquor
- a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink
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(s) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
- firm convictions
- a firm mouth
- steadfast resolve
- a man of unbendable perseverence
- unwavering loyalty
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(s) 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
- (s) very drunk besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, pie-eyed, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, pissed, pixilated, cockeyed, plastered, loaded, wet, tight,
Nouns
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(n) an ordinary man
- a lucky stiff
- a working stiff
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(n) 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