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fiambre
, cadáver
, duro
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Stiff
- (superl.) Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
- (superl.) Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
- (superl.) Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
- (superl.) Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
- (superl.) Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
- (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
- (superl.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to crank.
- (superl.) Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
Synonyms:
Besotted, Buckram, Cadaver, Clay, Corpse, Crocked, Fuddled, Loaded, Plastered, Rigid, Slopped, Smashed, Soaked, Soused, Squiffy, Starchy, Stiffly, Tight, Tipsy, Uphill, Wet,
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• Stiffen
- (v. t.) To make torpid; to benumb.
- (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch.
- (v. t.) To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste.
- (v. i.) To become stiff or stiffer, in any sense of the adjective.
Synonyms:
Constrain, Tighten,
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• Stiff-tailed
- (a.) Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid.
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