STIFFER Synonyms
4 hypernyms for stiffer. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for STIFFER
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| firmer | adjective adj | |||||
noun • the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments adverb • with resolute determination adjective satellite • marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable • not soft or yielding to pressure • strong and sure • not subject to revision or change • (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling • not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall • securely established • possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue • securely fixed in place • unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause verb • become taut or tauter • make taut or tauter | ||||||
| harder | adverb adv | |||||
adjective • not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure • dispassionate • resisting weight or pressure • produced without vibration of the vocal cords • (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source • (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum adverb • with effort or force or vigor • with firmness • earnestly or intently • causing great damage or hardship • slowly and with difficulty • indulging excessively • into a solid condition • very near or close in space or time • with pain or distress or bitterness • to the full extent possible; all the way adjective satellite • very strong or vigorous • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort • given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors • being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content • unfortunate or hard to bear • dried out | ||||||
| stricter | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint adjective satellite • rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard • (of rules) stringently enforced • incapable of compromise or flexibility • severe and unremitting in making demands | ||||||
| tougher | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • not given to gentleness or sentimentality • physically toughened • resistant to cutting or chewing noun • someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing • an aggressive and violent young criminal • a cruel and brutal fellow adjective satellite • very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution • substantially made or constructed • violent and lawless • feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad') • unfortunate or hard to bear • making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe | ||||||
| besotted | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • very drunk | ||||||
| blotto | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • very drunk | ||||||
| buckram | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing adjective satellite • rigidly formal verb • stiffen with or as with buckram | ||||||
| cadaver | noun n | |||||
noun • the dead body of a human being | ||||||
| clay | noun n | |||||
noun • United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1898-1978) • a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired • United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) • water soaked soil; soft wet earth • the dead body of a human being | ||||||
| cockeyed | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • turned or twisted toward one side • so unreasonable as to invite derision • very drunk | ||||||
| corpse | noun n | |||||
noun • the dead body of a human being | ||||||
| crocked | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • very drunk | ||||||
| firm | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments adverb • with resolute determination adjective satellite • marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable • not soft or yielding to pressure • strong and sure • not subject to revision or change • (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling • not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall • securely established • possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue • securely fixed in place • unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause verb • become taut or tauter • make taut or tauter | ||||||
| fuddled | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • very drunk | ||||||
| loaded | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
adjective • (of weapons) charged with ammunition adjective satellite • filled with a great quantity • (of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence • having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value • very drunk | ||||||
| pie-eyed | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • very drunk | ||||||
| pixilated | verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • naughtily or annoyingly playful • very drunk | ||||||
| plastered | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • (of hair) made smooth by applying a sticky or glossy substance • (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster • very drunk | ||||||
| potent | adjective adj | |||||
adjective • having a strong physiological or chemical effect • (of a male) capable of copulation adjective satellite • having great influence • having or wielding force or authority | ||||||
| remains | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • any object that is left unused or still extant • a relic that has been excavated from the soil • the dead body of a human being | ||||||