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Understanding the Context

stiff may apply to any degree of this condition. STIFF definition: 1. firm or hard: 2. not easily bent or moved: 3.

Key Insights

If you are stiff or part of your body is stiff…. Learn more. STIFF definition: rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex. See examples of stiff used in a sentence. Definition of stiff adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Final Thoughts

Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Stiff, the least specific, refers to what can be flexed only with difficulty (a brush with stiff bristles); with reference to persons it often suggests a lack of ease, cold formality, or fixity, as of purpose: "stiff in opinions" (John Dryden). If you are stiff, your muscles or joints hurt when you move, because of illness or because of too much exercise. Massage will relieve tension and stiff muscles. I'm stiff all over right now–I hope I can recover for tomorrow's race. When I got out of bed this morning my back was stiff as a board.

Beat the egg whites until they are stiff. Our host seemed somewhat stiff. The troops encountered stiff resistance. She managed to keep a stiff upper lip even as everything fell apart.