stiff

  • 41stiff — adj. frozen stiff * * * [stɪf] frozen stiff …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 42stiff — [OE] Stiff goes back to prehistoric Germanic *stīfaz ‘inflexible’, source also of German steif, Dutch stiff, Swedish styf, and Danish stiv. This in turn was descended from an Indo European *stīpos, a derivative of the same base as produced Latin… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 43stiff — See: keep a stiff upper lip, scare out of one s wits or scare stiff …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 44stiff — adj 1. rigid, firm, unpliable, inflexible, unmalleable, unbending, unyielding, resistant; impervious, impenetrable, impregnable, repelling, unassailable, rugged; brittle, crisp, dried out, Inf. stiff as a board. 2.(all of a person or animal)… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 45stiff — [OE] Stiff goes back to prehistoric Germanic *stīfaz ‘inflexible’, source also of German steif, Dutch stiff, Swedish styf, and Danish stiv. This in turn was descended from an Indo European *stīpos, a derivative of the same base as produced Latin… …

    Word origins

  • 46stiff — Synonyms and related words: Arab, Bowery bum, Latinate, a bit much, abandoned, abusive, adamant, adamantine, afflictive, alcoholic, all thumbs, aloof, arduous, arid, artificial, ashes, austere, awkward, balker, balky horse, barren, beach bum,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 47Stiff — stiv, stiff nm lavoir Bretagne …

    Glossaire des noms topographiques en France

  • 48stiff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rigid, inflexible, firm, non fluid; strong, brisk; difficult, hard; severe, excessive; formal, unreserved; awkward, stilted. See hardness, severity, affectation, inelegance, restraint, pride.Ant.,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 49stiff — I n A corpse. They took the stiff to the morgue. 1860s II v To leave the bill for someone else to pay. He invited me out then stiffed me with the bill. 1950s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 50Stiff'em — v. Screw them to cruelly brush someone off. My boss wanted me to stay late today but stiff em I,m going home! …

    Dictionary of american slang