stiff-backed

• Veraltetes Adjektiv für eine Person, die übertrieben förmlich, steif oder unnachgiebig in ihren Umgangsformen oder in ihrem Verhalten ist. Es kann sowohl ablehnende Strenge als auch bloße Förmlichkeit bezeichnen.

An old-fashioned adjective describing a person who is excessively formal, rigid, or unbending in manner or attitude.

1. Having a stiff backB2formal

   Describes a person whose back is rigid or not flexible, often due to injury, tension, or poor posture.

   Mit steifem Rücken

   • After sleeping on the old mattress, he woke up feeling stiff-backed.
   • The elderly man walked slowly, stiff-backed from years of labor.
   • She sat stiff-backed in the chair, trying to ease the pain.

   Antonymeflexiblelimbersupple

2. Rigid or formal in mannerC1formal

   Describes a person who is overly formal, unbending, or lacking in flexibility in their behavior or attitudes.

   Steif und förmlich

   • The stiff-backed official refused to consider any alternative proposals.
   • His stiff-backed demeanor made him seem unapproachable.
   • The meeting was tense, with the stiff-backed manager insisting on strict adherence to the rules.

   Synonymeformalinflexiblepompouspriggishprimrigidstarchystiffstiff-neckedunbending

   Antonymecasualeasygoingflexibleinformalrelaxed