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Stiff as a Adjective has these synonyms:

cool, haughty, rigid, wooden, stuffy, aloof, tense, intense, unrelaxed, forced, pompous, stilted, mannered, ceremonious, austere, formal, chilly, cold, unfriendly, standoffish, reserved, snobbish, snooty, uptight
Example: Vince is warm and friendly, but his wife is as stiff as a poker.

corpse, body, cadaver
Example: Barry had to go down to the morgue to identify some stiff they hauled out of the river.

difficult, hard, steep, uphill, laborious, arduous, tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, harrowing, toilsome, rigorous, challenging, rough, tough
Example: It is quite a stiff climb to the top of the pyramid of Cheops. That was a stiff homework assignment.

excessive, exorbitant, high, steep, expensive, dear
Example: They are asking a pretty stiff price these days for a bottle of good vintage port.

skinflint, miser, cheapskate, piker, tightwad
Example: A stiff is a customer who fails to leave a tip.

solid, semi-solid, firm, hard, thick, dense, compact
Example: If you add a bit more water the next time, the jelly won't get quite so stiff.

stilted, unrelaxed, wooden, forced, artificial, laboured, pedantic, turgid, formal, prim, stuffy
Example: I have always found her writing to be rather stiff.

strong, potent, powerful, overpowering, alcoholic
Example: After that kind of an ordeal, you could use a stiff drink, I'm sure.

strong, steady, powerful, fresh, brisk, spanking, gusty, forceful, howling
Example: We had to reduce sail because of a stiff westerly wind.

vigorous, energetic, staunch, dogged, tenacious, resolute, resolved, determined, stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, indomitable, relentless
Example: They met with stiff opposition in trying to capture the fort.

Stiff as a Noun has these synonyms:

firm, rigid, inelastic, unbending, inflexible, hard, unbendable, tough, solid, solidified, stiffened, unyielding,tle
Example: The table napkins were so stiff with starch that I almost cracked one.

severe, harsh, punitive, hurtful, punishing, abusive, torturous, distressing, afflictive, painful, overwhelming, unbearable, tormenting, merciless, excruciating, cruel, drastic, cruel and unusual
Example: The government here has stiff penalties for drug traffickers.

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