'Stiffened' definitions:
Definition of 'Stiffened'
From: GCIDE
- Stiffen \Stiff"en\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inspissate; to make more thick or viscous; as, to stiffen paste. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To make torpid; to benumb. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stiffened'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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