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Textual thesaurus for "stiff"

(adj) besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, tight, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, wet, squiffy, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, crocked

very drunk


(adj) rigid

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


(adj) buckram, starchy

rigidly formal

a starchy manner; the letter was stiff and formal; his prose has a buckram quality


(adj) strong, potent

having a strong physiological or chemical effect

a potent toxin; potent liquor; a potent cup of tea, a stiff drink


(adj) unbendable, unfaltering, steadfast, steady, unshakable, unwavering, firm

marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

firm convictions; a firm mouth; steadfast resolve; a man of unbendable perseverence; unwavering loyalty


(adv) stiffly

in a stiff manner

his hands lay stiffly


(noun) corpse, remains, clay, cadaver

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