starched

ADJECTIVE

formal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

polite precise

STRONG

nominal

WEAK

aloof by the numbers ceremonious conventional decorous distant exact playing the game prim punctilious reserved seemly sententious stilted straight arrow stuffy unbending

Antonyms

WEAK

customary disorderly informal normal relaxed unaffected

ADJECTIVE

inflexible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rigid

WEAK

hard immalleable impliable inelastic nonflexible set taut unbending

Antonyms

WEAK

bendable elastic flexible pliable pliant reasonable resilient soft willing yielding

ADJECTIVE

starchy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

stuffy

WEAK

ceremonious conventional inflexible mannered prim reserved rigid stilted strait-laced strict

ADJECTIVE

stiff

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arthritic creaky rigid solid stark tense thick tight wooden

STRONG

brittle buckram firm refractory rheumatic set

WEAK

annealed benumbed cemented chilled congealed contracted fixed frozen graceless hardened immalleable impliable incompliant indurate inelastic jelled mechanical numbed ossified petrified resistant solidified starchy steely stiff as a board stony taut thickened unbending unflexible ungraceful unsupple unyielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bending flexible loose pliable slack soft

STRONG

indefinite supple

WEAK

pliant

Example Sentences

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Starched clothes, suits protected by plastic bags from the dry cleaner, button-down shirts ready to wear all stood in his closet on hanger after hanger.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2023

Starched flags snapped behind the grandstand at the 18th green.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2010

Starched faces and haughty shirtfronts hedged the board.

From Time Magazine Archive

Eton Bottom-Starvers Sirs: "Starched collar and high hat," yes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Starched pieces should not be ironed until the irons are very hot.

From Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Science in Rural Schools by Ontario. Ministry of Education

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