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stiff |
Grep of noun stiff bull mastiff mastiff stiff stiff aster stiff gentian stiff upper lip stiffener stiffening stiffness tibetan mastiff Overview of noun stiff The noun stiff has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) stiff -- (an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff") 2. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains -- (the dead body of a human being) Overview of adj stiff The adj stiff has 8 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (4) stiff -- (lacking ease in bending; not limber; "a stiff neck"; "stiff joints"; "stiff hairs") 2. (2) stiff -- (not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge") 3. (1) stiff -- (powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"; "a stiff drink") 4. (1) starchy, stiff, buckram -- (rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality") 5. stiff, uphill -- (hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant") 6. stand-up, stiff -- (of a collar; standing up rather than folded down "an uncomfortable standup collar"; "a stiff collar") 7. rigid, stiff -- (incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker") 8. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet -- (slang for `drunk') Overview of adv stiff The adv stiff has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. stiff -- (extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff") 2. stiffly, stiff -- (in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly") Antonyms of adj stiff 8 senses of stiff Sense 1 stiff INDIRECT (VIA inflexible) -> flexible, flexile Sense 2 stiff INDIRECT (VIA immobile) -> mobile Sense 3 stiff INDIRECT (VIA strong) -> weak Sense 4 starchy, stiff, buckram INDIRECT (VIA formal) -> informal Sense 5 stiff, uphill INDIRECT (VIA hard) -> soft Sense 6 stand-up, stiff INDIRECT (VIA inflexible) -> flexible, flexile Sense 7 rigid, stiff INDIRECT (VIA inflexible) -> flexible, flexile Sense 8 besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet INDIRECT (VIA intoxicated) -> sober Similarity of adj stiff 8 senses of stiff Sense 1 stiff => inflexible (vs. flexible) Sense 2 stiff => immobile (vs. mobile) Sense 3 stiff => strong (vs. weak) Sense 4 starchy, stiff, buckram => formal (vs. informal) Sense 5 stiff, uphill => hard (vs. soft) Sense 6 stand-up, stiff => inflexible (vs. flexible) Sense 7 rigid, stiff => inflexible (vs. flexible) Sense 8 besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet => intoxicated (vs. sober), drunk, inebriated Attributes of adj stiff Familiarity of adj stiff stiff used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 8) Grep of adj stiff stiff stiff-backed stiff-necked stiffened Overview of noun stiff The noun stiff has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) stiff -- (an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff") 2. cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains -- (the dead body of a human being) Overview of adj stiff The adj stiff has 8 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (4) stiff -- (lacking ease in bending; not limber; "a stiff neck"; "stiff joints"; "stiff hairs") 2. (2) stiff -- (not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge") 3. (1) stiff -- (powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"; "a stiff drink") 4. (1) starchy, stiff, buckram -- (rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality") 5. stiff, uphill -- (hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant") 6. stand-up, stiff -- (of a collar; standing up rather than folded down "an uncomfortable standup collar"; "a stiff collar") 7. rigid, stiff -- (incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker") 8. besotted, blind drunk, blotto, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, potty, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, stiff, tiddly, tiddley, tight, tipsy, wet -- (slang for `drunk') Overview of adv stiff The adv stiff has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. stiff -- (extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff") 2. stiffly, stiff -- (in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly")
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