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stiff
Synonyms and Antonyms of stiff
- Use a stiff piece of paper for the project.
- stiff winds
- Don't you think that's a pretty stiff fine for such a minor infraction?
a bit much, over the top
- Stir two cups of flour with the remaining ingredients to make a stiff dough.
- Tara felt stiff and ill-at-ease whenever she was introduced to her father's friends.
awkward, clumsy, gauche, graceless, inelegant, rough-hewn, rustic (also rustical), stilted, uncomfortable, uneasy, ungraceful, wooden
angular, gawky, lubberly, ungainly
abashed, discomfited, discomforted, discomposed, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed
agitated, bothered, chagrined, dismayed, disquieted, distressed, disturbed, fazed, flustered, jittery, jumpy, mortified, nervous, nonplussed (also nonplused), perturbed, rattled, unhinged, unsettled, upset
diffident, insecure, meek, modest, self-doubting, timid, unassertive, unassuming, unpretentious
- We'll have a stiff climb to actually reach the summit.
abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic (also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, tricky
bruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, trying
annoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatious
cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding
- The stiff politeness with which I was greeted suggested that they weren't truly happy to see me.
Synonym Discussion of stiff
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- stretching keeps your muscles from becoming stiff
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- a rigid surfboard
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- ski boots with inflexible soles
stiff
Synonyms and Antonyms of stiff
- One lucky stiff will get the biggest jackpot in the lottery's history.
son of man
stiff
Synonyms and Antonyms of stiff
- customers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company selling counterfeit designer watches
sell a bill of goods to, take for a ride, take to the cleaners
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