 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
stiffened
adjective
1: made or become difficult to move or bend; "felt the pain of
stiffened joints"
2: stiffened or reinforced with wire; "stiffened brassieres"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Stiffen \Stiff"en\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Stiffened}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Stiffening}.] [See {Stiff}.]
1. To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to
stiffen cloth with starch.
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak.
2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to
stiffen paste.
3. To make torpid; to benumb.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "stiffened":
accelerated, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, backed, beefed-up,
bloated, boosted, broadened, calcified, callous, calloused,
case-hardened, crusted, crusty, crystallized, deepened, elevated,
enhanced, enlarged, expanded, extended, fossilized, granulated,
hardened, heightened, hiked, hornified, increased, incrusted,
indurate, indurated, inflated, intensified, jazzed up, lapidified,
magnified, multiplied, ossified, petrified, proliferated, raised,
reinforced, rigidified, sclerotic, set, solidified, spread,
steeled, strengthened, swollen, tightened, toughened, vitrified,
widened
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