stiff
adjective
rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex.
stiffed
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past participleof stiff.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof stiff.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
stiffadjectiverigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex.
Example Sentences
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The military and House staffers get stiffed next week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
DuBon had been stiffed on a painting job a few weeks earlier — an employer simply refused to pay — and started going to Casa Latina instead of Home Depot.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
But when he asked the court for reimbursement, he got stiffed.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2023
Thousands of private vendors who supplied the state with goods and services got stiffed after July 1.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
The biggest event Suffolk had seen in years was a traveling sideshow that came through town on the railroad tracks, with a stiffed whale in a boxcar.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
