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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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Shaking out the bedding provided in a brown paper bag, I watched my fellow passengers make up their berths, tucking in starched sheets with the ease of seasoned travelers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

“The Gilded Age” has always plied high-toned melodrama as its chief asset, but Season 3 ripens the starched formality of previous episodes into succulence.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

“Kids are now wearing their botas to school or their tejanas and starched jeans.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2024

New York City police officers milled around in their caps and starched white shirts.

From New York Times • May 31, 2024

He felt the eyes of every member of First Congregational staring at the back of his starched neck.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt