stiff 6
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
incapable of or resistant to bending
Examples
- 1.stiff hair
- 2.a palace guardsman stiff as a poker
- 3.a rigid strip of metal
- 4.a stiff neck
- 5.a table made of rigid plastic
Pertainym (pertains to noun)
stiffly 2
adverb
in a rigid manner
EnglishDerivationally related form
stiffness 2
noun
the property of moving with pain or difficulty
stiffness 1
noun
the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
Similar_to
inflexible 3
adjective
resistant to being bent
