steif — meaning in English

English meaning

• rigid adj Stiff and not easily bent.
• stark adj Severe, bare, or bleak in appearance.
• stiff adjective Rigid; not easily bent or moved.

Senses

steif is used for these senses in English:

• rigid Stiff, rather than flexible.
• rigid Rigorous and unbending.
• stark Stiff, rigid.
• stiff (of an, object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

rigid — full definition

1. adj Stiff and not easily bent.
2. adj Unwilling to change; strict and inflexible in behaviour or rules.

stark — full definition

1. adj Severe, bare, or bleak in appearance.
2. adj Complete or absolute, used to emphasize how extreme something is.
3. adv Completely; utterly (used mainly in the phrase "stark naked").

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