Adjective modifier

• bored: Tanya: Yer sure I will watch to probably, so that Em, doesn't get bored stiff.

Modifies a noun

• breeze: We just couldn't make any significant headway despite having the benefit of a stiff breeze behind our backs.

• lip: Press Release: March 2003 Does the stiff upper lip really work?

• neck: I didn't even have a stiff neck the next day.

• competition: A few weeks later he fought off stiff competition to win Best of Breed at the National Cat Club show.

• opposition: Elaine aims to break back into the Harrier's national league team where she will face stiffer opposition.

• dough: Add enough cold water to form a stiff dough.

Modifying Another Word

• scared: Critics of established art are scared stiff by this.

• fairly: New approach to really a call fuel pump quot a fairly stiff.

• pretty: It's pretty stiff, the front bumper we have now.

• slightly: Max is now in relatively good health for age apart from slightly stiff joints which he takes a supplement for.

• rather: Mix with treacle or golden syrup, making a rather stiff mixture.

Noun used with modifier

• bit: I also read a comment about the strap being a bit stiff.

Used with adjective complement

• bore: Personally, I'm bored stiff with In the Mood.

• scare: They seem to be scared stiff that ten or a dozen Bolsheviks will infect the whole world.

• freeze: They found him three days later, frozen stiff in that old truck.

• feel: If your ankles feel stiff in the morning, allowing some time for the joints to ' loosen up ' will usually help.

• seem: I did think the cast looked happier and didn't seem quite as stiff as they had been at the first performance.

• become: For more severe injuries, the joint can become stiff, unstable or " locked " .

Preposition: in

• morning: Common problems: My pet is a bit stiff in the mornings.