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Synonyms for stiff:


adj. hard, inflexible

arthritic
creaky
rigid
solid
stark
tense
thick
tight
wooden
brittle
buckram
firm
refractory
rheumatic
set
annealed
benumbed
cemented
chilled
congealed
contracted
fixed
frozen
graceless
hardened
immalleable
impliable
incompliant
indurate
inelastic
jelled
mechanical
numbed
ossified
petrified
resistant
solidified
starched
starchy
steely
stony
taut
thickened
unbending
unflexible
ungraceful
unsupple
unyielding

adj. formal, standoffish

cold
strong
wooden
angular
artificial
austere
ceremonious
constrained
forced
hardheaded
headstrong
inflexible
intractable
labored
mannered
obstinate
pertinacious
pompous
priggish
prim
punctilious
relentless
starchy
stilted
stubborn
uneasy
ungainly
ungraceful
unnatural
unrelaxed
unrelenting

adj. difficult

hard
tough
uphill
arduous
exacting
fatiguing
formidable
laborious
trying

adj. extreme, severe

brisk
excessive
extreme
hard
harsh
heavy
rigorous
sharp
steep
strict
stringent
strong
vigorous
great
potent
austere
cruel
drastic
exorbitant
extravagant
immoderate
inexorable
inordinate
oppressive
pitiless
powerful
unconscionable
undue

Examples of uses:

But stiff back or stiff knees You stand straight at Tiffany's
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It'll be stiff, but I've heard of stiff-legged truck drivers, Willie.
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I'm scared stiff of planes, scared stiff right now.
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You come in here, you stiff this one, you stiff that one.
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Old Nick is gonna pick you up. This, stay stiff, stiff, stiff.
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You come in here, you stiff this one , you stiff that one .
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You and Jason were cooking up some scheme in the office,things went bad, and one working stiff makes another worker stiff.
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That poor woman stayed frozen stiff for nine whole months.
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I just felt the whole thing to be a bit stiff, uptight, not really user-friendly.
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No, it means rubbing your skin flute after it gets stiff from seeing a pair of love balloons.
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