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What is the adjective for stiffed?

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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. Examples:
    1. “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:
    1. “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. Examples:
    1. “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. Examples:
    1. “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
stiffing
stiffened
stiffening
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