having a strong physiological or chemical effect; a potent toxin; potent liquor; a potent cup of tea, a stiff drink

[ Syn: potent , strong ]

an ordinary man; a lucky stiff; a working stiff'

the dead body of a human being; the cadaver was intended for dissection; the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse; the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river; honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay

[ Syn: cadaver , corpse , clay , remains ]

extremely; bored stiff; frightened stiff'

in a stiff manner; his hands lay stiffly

[ Syn: stiffly , stiffly , stiffly , stiffly , stiffly , stiffly , stiffly , stiffly ]

not moving or operating freely; a stiff hinge'

powerful; a stiff current; a stiff breeze'

rigidly formal; a starchy manner; the letter was stiff and formal; his prose has a buckram quality

[ Syn: starchy , buckram ]

marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; firm convictions; a firm mouth; steadfast resolve; a man of unbendable perseverence; unwavering loyalty

[ Syn: firm , steadfast , steady , unbendable , unfaltering , unshakable , unwavering ]

incapable of or resistant to bending; a rigid strip of metal; a table made of rigid plastic; a palace guardsman stiff as a poker; stiff hair; a stiff neck

[ Syn: rigid ]

very drunk

[ Syn: besotted , blind drunk , blotto , crocked , cockeyed , fuddled , loaded , pie-eyed , pissed , pixilated , plastered , slopped , sloshed , smashed , soaked , soused , sozzled , squiffy , tight , wet ]