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stiff

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The meaning (definition) of the word stiff

hard to move or bend

The word stiff used in a sentence

My neck feels stiff after sleeping in a funny way.

Words that mean the same as stiff (synonyms)

rigidhard

Words that mean the opposite of stiff (antonyms)

flexiblebendy

How the word stiff is said around the world

Frenchrigide (reezheed)
Spanishrígido (reekheethoh)
Mandarin僵硬的 (jiāng yìng de)
Hindiअकड़न (ukuhruhn)
Arabicقاسٍ (kahseen)
Russianжесткий (zhestkii)
Portuguese (EU)duro (dooruu)
Portuguese (BR)duro (dooruu)
Japanese硬い (katai)
Germansteif (shtyf)
Urduسخت (sukht)
Punjabiਸਖ਼ਤ (sukhuht)
Korean뻣뻣한 (bbeosbbeoshan)
Hebrewנוּקשֶׁה (nookshayh)
Greekδύσκαμπτος (duskamptos)
Dutchstijf (steif)
Tagalogmatigas (mahteegahs)
Vietnamesecứng (kewurng)
Turkishsert (sert)
Persianسفت و سخت (sayft vah sahkht)
Polishsztywny (shtivni)
Ukrainianжорсткий (zhorstkyy)
Bengaliশক্ত (shawktoh)
Swedishstyv (stewv)
Italianrigido (reejeedoh)

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