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What is the noun for stiffish?

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stiff
  1. An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.
  2. A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
  3. (slang) A cadaver, a dead person.
  4. (US) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
  5. (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. corpse, cadaver, carcass, deceased, relics, remains, body, bones, corpus, corse, goner, dead body, skeleton, ashes, carrion, body parts, relic, departed, mort, reliquiae, clay, relique, remnants, debris, shell, hulk, mortal remains, dead man, deceased body, corpus delicti, dust, cold meat, dead animal, mummy, mummified body, roadkill, inhumation, pavement pizza, person, character, individual, cookie, customer, guy, human, life, party, personage, sort, soul … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Larry and Richard were looking forward to a weekend at Bernie's, only to be confronted with a stiff.”
      “He passes undetected as just one of the guys, a regular, working-class stiff.”
stiffness
  1. Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
  2. Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
  3. Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
  4. Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. rigidity, firmness, solidity, hardness, inflexibility, tautness, rigour, rigor, tension, rigidness, inelasticity, solidness, steeliness, toughness, tightness, resistance, immovability, fixity, durability, denseness, impliability, stiffening, rigor mortis, sturdiness, strength, soundness, stability, robustness, substantiality, steadiness, compactness, impenetrability, imperviousness, impermeability, fastness, immobility, security, sureness, stableness, enduringness, lastingness, impregnability, hardiness, density, tensile strength, integrity, durableness, imperishability, wholeness, starch … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Celery stalks are naturally crisp due to the stiffness of the plant's cell walls and extraordinary water content within the cells.”
      “At that time, we were hardly troubled by the aloofness and stiffness of his manner.”
      “There was a little stiffness in his greeting as Kildare came in.”
stiffener
  1. Anything added to something in order to stiffen it, such as a support beam, or starch for a collar.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. support, foundation, base, column, hold, platform, reinforcement, substructure, underpinning, backing, bracket, buttress, cornerstone, fulcrum, groundwork, pillar, foothold, joist, pole, post, rampart, scaffold, stanchion, stave, stilt, substratum, abutment, arch, back, beam, bearing, bed, bedding, block, brace, bulwark, cantilever, collar, device, flotation, footing, frame, girder, guide, lining, means, medium, mount, mounting, pedestal … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “While stiffener facilitates the display of intricate embroidery, it also makes the costume a little unwieldy.”
      “In addition, you will need fabric stiffener, a spray bottle, pails in which to soak the leather and acrylic paints or leather stains.”
      “Concrete is used as load-bearing material, thermal mass, lateral stiffener, finished surface, and architectural accent.”
stiffening
  1. An item, material or feature that makes something stiffer.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. solidification, hardening, calcification, ossification, fossilisation, fossilization, petrification, solidifying, reinforcement, strengthening, fortification, bolstering, buttressing, bracing, shoring up, supporting, propping up, holding up, beefing up, augmenting, supplementing, boosting, consolidation, building up, protecting, securing, toughening, protection, embattlement, reinforcing, firming, underpinning, support, defence, defense, firming up, starch, thickener, stiffener, strengthener, sizing, arrowroot, laundering agent, laundry starch, rigour, rigor, stiffness, firmness, rigor mortis … more
stiffenings
  1. plural of stiffening
  2. Synonyms:
      3. solidifications, hardenings, calcification, ossifications, fossilization, petrification, reinforcement, strengthenings, fortification, bolsterings, bracings, supportings, consolidation, starch, thickeners, stiffeners, strengtheners, sizings, arrowroot, rigours, rigor, stiffness, firmness, rigor mortis … more
stiffeners
  1. plural of stiffener
  2. Synonyms:
      3. support, foundations, bases, columns, holds, platforms, reinforcement, substructures, underpinnings, backings, brackets, buttresses, cornerstones, fulcrums, groundwork, pillars, footholds, joists, poles, posts, ramparts, scaffolds, stanchions, staves, stilts, substrata, abutments, arches, backs, beams, bearings, beds, bedding, blocks, braces, bulwarks, cantilevers, collars, devices, flotation, footings, frames, girders, guides, linings, means, media, mounts, mountings, pedestals … more
stiffnesses
  1. plural of stiffness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. rigidities, firmnesses, solidities, hardnesses, inflexibilities, tautnesses, rigours, rigors, tensions, rigidness, inelasticities, solidnesses, steeliness, toughnesses, tightnesses, resistances, immovabilities, fixities, densenesses, durabilities, stiffenings, rigor mortis, definitions, tones, tonicities, tonuses, aloofnesses, reserves, standoffishness, stuffinesses, pomposities, woodennesses, coldnesses, frostiness, iciness, unfriendlinesses, frigidities, stoninesses, coolnesses, formalities, unapproachability, unresponsiveness, indifferences, detachments, remotenesses, sombreness, dournesses, sternnesses, unsociabilities, austerities … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “However, axial and diametral testing of mixes yield different estimates of their resilient stiffnesses.”
stiffs
  1. plural of stiff
  2. Synonyms:
      3. corpses, cadavers, carcasses, deceased, remains, body, corpora, corses, goners, people, character, individuals, cookies, customers, guys, humans, life, parties, personages, sorts, souls, beings, creatures, devils, faces, men, mortals, slobs, specimens, babies, birds, bods, duck, head, scouts, things, wights, fish, human beings … more
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