· an ordinary man; "a lucky stiff"; "a working stiff"

Hypernym(s): man, adult_male

· the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"

Synonym(s): cadaver, corpse, clay, remains

Hypernym(s): body, dead_body

· not moving or operating freely; "a stiff hinge"

· powerful; "a stiff current"; "a stiff breeze"

· rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"

Synonym(s): starchy, buckram

· having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea"; "a stiff drink"

Synonym(s): potent, strong

· marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"

Synonym(s): firm, steadfast, steady, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering

· incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"

Synonym(s): rigid

· very drunk

Synonym(s): besotted, blind_drunk, blotto, crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, tight, wet

· extremely; "bored stiff"; "frightened stiff"

· in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly"

Synonym(s): stiffly