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What is the adjective for stiff?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs stiff and stiffen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

stiff
  1. (of an object) Rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.
  2. Inflexible; rigid.
  3. (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
  4. (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
  5. (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
  6. Potent.
  7. Dead, deceased.
  8. (penis) Erect.
  9. (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.
  10. (mathematics) Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. rigid, hard, firm, hardened, impliable, inflexible, solid, stiffened, tense, immalleable, inelastic, unmalleable, unyielding, compact, solidified, unbendable, unbending, ungiving, unsupple, brittle, incompliant, indurate, set, stony, unflexible, annealed, fixed, frozen, jelled, numbed, non-flexible, stiff as a board, tough, adamantine, taut, strong, steely, dense, sturdy, thick, impermeable, tight, concentrated, compacted, impenetrable, concrete, robust, compressed, congealed, unpliable … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “The orthopedic surgeon then fits a stiff metal prosthesis to a relatively flexible bone.”
      “Mix the flour into a stiff paste with a little water.”
      “Mel had never particularly liked the woman's stiff manner and perfect outward appearance.”
stiffish
  1. quite stiff (all meanings)
  2. Examples:
      3. “But then, bridesmaids would never wear black in my own admittedly stiffish and old fashioned set.”
      “The sides were tied and the former Ryan Cup champions faced into a stiffish breeze for the second period.”
      “Drain well and mash, adding the other ingredients, forming a stiffish dough.”
stifflike
  1. (dialect) stiff
stiffer
  1. comparative form of stiff: more stiff More rigid, more inflexible, more unbending.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, costlier, pricier, steeper, more expensive, more excessive, more exorbitant, more extravagant, more dear, more extortionate, more inflated, more overpriced, higher-priced, more outrageous, more pricy, more unaffordable, more unreasonable, more prohibitive, more criminal, more over the top, more uneconomical, more precious, more priceless, more valuable, spendier, stronger, fiercer, gustier, harsher, more forceful, more intense, more turbulent, more violent, stormier, mightier, ore extreme, squallier, more blustery, more ferocious, more heavy, more potent, more tempestuous, starker, acuter, more almighty, more blistering, more boisterous, more crushing, more explosive … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “There ought to be stiffer financial disincentives to owning multiple properties.”
      “So, many officers justly believe that it is high time stiffer penalties be imposed for indiscipline.”
      “The flex of freeride boards is still fairly soft, yet stiffer than a freestyle board.”
stiffest
  1. superlative form of stiff: most stiff Most rigid, most inflexible, most unbending.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rigidest, hardest, firmest, tensest, brittlest, stoniest, most hardened, most impliable, most inflexible, most solid, most immalleable, most inelastic, most unmalleable, most unyielding, most compact, most unbendable, most unbending, most ungiving, most unsupple, most incompliant, most indurate, most set, most unflexible, most fixed, most frozen, densest, thickest, most viscid, most viscous, most congealed, most starched, austerest, primmest, stuffiest, starchiest, frigidest, iciest, nicest, most formal, most punctilious, most forced, most ceremonious, most correct, most decorous, most proper, most labored, most laboured, most mannered … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He gave him the stiffest challenge for the title, and he was in fact the only player to remain uneaten till the end.”
      “The truth is that in two hundred years the stiffest opposition the British faced in Africa were the Boers and the Afrika Korps.”
      “The result, even at its loosest, is as formal and choreographed as the stiffest and most status-conscious dinner party.”
stiffed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of stiff
  2. Synonyms:
      3. snubbed, ignored, slighted, cut, cold-shouldered, stiff-armed, high-hatted, cheated, bilked, conned, defrauded, fleeced, hustled, swindled, diddled, hosed, screwed, shorted, shortchanged, suckered, bled, did, done, fiddled, flimflammed, gaffed, skinned, squeezed, sticked, stuck, stung, victimised, victimized, chiseled, chiselled, choused, cozened, euchred, mulcted, nobbled, reamed, rooked, skunked, thimblerigged, did in, done in, ripped off, shook down, shaken down … more
stiffing
  1. present participle of stiff
  2. Synonyms:
      3. snubbing, ignoring, slighting, cutting, cold-shouldering, stiff-arming, cheating, bilking, conning, defrauding, fleecing, hustling, swindling, diddling, hosing, screwing, shorting, shortchanging, suckering, bleeding, doing, fiddling, flimflamming, gaffing, skinning, squeezing, sticking, stinging, victimising, victimizing, chiseling, chiselling, chousing, cozening, euchring, mulcting, nobbling, reaming, rooking, skunking, thimblerigging, doing in, ripping off, shaking down … more
stiffened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of stiffen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tightened, tautened, tensed, ankylosed, rigidified, benumbed, starkened, steadied, clenched, locked, locken, strained, tensed up, became rigid, become rigid, made rigid, made stiff, became stiff, become stiff, made stronger, braced, hardened, congealed, set, solidified, coagulated, clotted, thickened, gelled, froze, frozen, caked, jelled, curdled, jellied, condensed, petrified, crystallised, crystallized, ossified, annealed, inspissated, cemented, firmed, fixt, fixed, harshened, precipitated, starched, chilled … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The shape of the head was disguised by puffed and stiffened masses of hair.”
stiffening
  1. present participle of stiffen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. tightening, tautening, tensing, ankylosing, rigidifying, benumbing, starkening, steadying, clenching, locking, straining, tensing up, becoming rigid, making rigid, making stiff, becoming stiff, making stronger, bracing, contracting, flexing, knotting, making taut, stretching, screwing up, squinching up, hardening, congealing, setting, solidifying, coagulating, clotting, thickening, gelling, freezing, caking, jelling, curdling, jellying, condensing, petrifying, crystallising, crystallizing, ossifying, annealing, inspissating, cementing, firming, fixing, harshening, precipitating … more
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