stiff-backed

• Adjectif décrivant une personne excessivement formelle, rigide ou inflexible dans ses manières ou son comportement.

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.

   Au dos raide

   • 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.

   Antonymesflexiblelimbersupple

2. Rigid or formal in mannerC1formal

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

   Raide et guindé

   • 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.

   Synonymesformalinflexiblepompouspriggishprimrigidstarchystiffstiff-neckedunbending

   Antonymescasualeasygoingflexibleinformalrelaxed