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Stiff
Stiff Stiff, a. [Compar. Stiffer; superl. Stiffest.] [OE. stif, AS. st[=i]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw. styf, Icel. st[=i]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L. stipes a post, trunk of a tree, stipare to press, compress. Cf. Costive, Stifle, Stipulate, Stive to stuff.] 1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints. [They] rising on stiff pennons, tower The mid a["e]rial sky. --Milton. 2. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff. 3. Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze. 4. Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary. It is a shame to stand stiff in a foolish argument. --Jer. Taylor. A war ensues: the Cretans own their cause, Stiff to defend their hospitable laws. --Dryden. 5. Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style. The French are open, familiar, and talkative; the Italians stiff, ceremonious, and reserved. --Addison. 6. Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear. [Obs. or Colloq.] ``This is stiff news.' --Shak. 7. (Naut.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank. --Totten. 8. Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price. [Slang] Stiff neck, a condition of the neck such that the head can not be moved without difficulty and pain. Syn: Rigid; inflexible; strong; hardly; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; harsh; formal; constrained; affected; starched; rigorous.

Meaning of Stiffed from wikipedia

- Stiffed may refer to: Stiffed (band), an American punk rock band Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man, a 1999 book about late-20th-century American...
- up stiff in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Stiff may refer to: Stiff, a human corpse Stiffness, a material's resistance to bending Joint stiffness, pain...
- flexibility or pliability: the more flexible an object is, the less stiff it is. The stiffness, k , {\displaystyle k,} of a body is a measure of the resistance...
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- "Be Stiff" is the third single by American new wave band Devo, released in 1978 by Stiff Records. The song was taken from the sessions for Q: Are We Not...
- Portuguese, Polish, German, Finnish, Korean, and Italian. In Faludi's 1999 book Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man, Faludi analyzes the state of the American...
- Stiff-person syndrome (SPS), also known as stiff-man syndrome, is a rare neurological disorder of unclear cause characterized by progressive muscular rigidity...
- Retrieved 2013-02-09. Presentation by Faludi on Stiffed, September 25, 1999, C-SPAN Presentation by Faludi on Stiffed, November 20, 1999, C-SPAN v t e...
- A person who is said to have a stiff upper lip displays fortitude and stoicism in the face of adversity, or exercises great self-restraint in the expression...
- 2020. Susan Faludi, Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man, Harper Perennial, 2000, p. 425-426, ISBN 0380720450 Susan Faludi, Stiffed: The Betrayal of...