Found 4 items, similar to stiff.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: stiff
kaku
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: stiff
buntang, genjur, kaku, kencang, mayat, pegal, pekat, tegar
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: stiff
stiff
adj 1: lacking ease in bending; not limber;
“a stiff neck”;
“stiff
joints”;
“stiff hairs”
2: not moving or operating freely;
“a stiff hinge”
3: powerful;
“a stiff current”;
“a stiff breeze”;
“a stiff
drink”
4: rigidly formal;
“a starchy manner”;
“the letter was stiff
and formal”;
“his prose has a buckram quality” [syn:
starchy,
buckram]
5: hard to overcome or surmount;
“a stiff hike”;
“a stiff
exam”;
“an uphill battle against a popular incumbant”
[syn:
uphill]
6: of a collar; standing up rather than folded down;
“an
uncomfortable standup collar”;
“a stiff collar” [syn:
stand-up]
7: incapable of or resistant to bending;
“a rigid strip of
metal”;
“a table made of rigid plastic”;
“a palace
guardsman stiff as a poker” [syn:
rigid]
8: very drunk [syn:
besotted,
blind drunk,
blotto,
crocked,
cockeyed,
fuddled,
loaded,
pie-eyed,
pissed,
pixilated,
plastered,
potty,
slopped,
sloshed,
smashed,
soaked,
soused,
sozzled,
squiffy,
tiddly,
tiddley,
tight,
tipsy,
wet]
stiff
n 1: an ordinary man;
“a lucky stiff”;
“a working stiff”
2: the dead body of a human being [syn:
cadaver,
corpse,
clay,
remains]
stiff
adv 1: extremely;
“bored stiff”;
“frightened stiff”
2: in a stiff manner;
“his hands lay stiffly” [syn:
stiffly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Stiff
Stiff
\Stiff\, a. [Compar.
Stiffer; superl.
Stiffest.] [OE.
stif, AS. st[=i]f; akin to D. stijf, G. steif, Dan. stiv, Sw.
styf, Icel. st[=i]fr, Lith. stipti to be stiff; cf. L. stipes
a post, trunk of a tree, stipare to press, compress. Cf.
Costive,
Stifle,
Stipulate,
Stive to stuff.]
1. Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or
flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.
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[They] rising on stiff pennons, tower
The mid a["e]rial sky. --Milton.
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2. Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated;
neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
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3. Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff
gale or breeze.
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4. Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate;
pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
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It is a shame to stand stiff in a foolish argument.
--Jer. Taylor.
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A war ensues: the Cretans own their cause,
Stiff to defend their hospitable laws. --Dryden.
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5. Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected;
starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
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The French are open, familiar, and talkative; the
Italians stiff, ceremonious, and reserved.
--Addison.
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6. Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear. [Obs. or
Colloq.]
“This is stiff news.” --Shak.
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7. (Naut.) Bearing a press of canvas without careening much;
as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to
crank. --Totten.
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8. Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff
charge; a stiff price. [Slang]
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Stiff neck, a condition of the neck such that the head can
not be moved without difficulty and pain.
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Syn: Rigid; inflexible; strong; hardly; stubborn; obstinate;
pertinacious; harsh; formal; constrained; affected;
starched; rigorous.
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