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past tense form of starch.
past participle of starch.

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formal adj.
inflexible adj.
starchy adj.
stiff adj.

ADJECTIVE

formal

Synonyms

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polite precise

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nominal

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

Antonyms

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customary disorderly informal normal relaxed unaffected

ADJECTIVE

inflexible

Synonyms

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rigid

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hard immalleable impliable inelastic nonflexible set taut unbending

Antonyms

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bendable elastic flexible pliable pliant reasonable resilient soft willing yielding

ADJECTIVE

starchy

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stuffy

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

ADJECTIVE

stiff

Synonyms

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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

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bending flexible loose pliable slack soft

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indefinite supple

WEAK

pliant

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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

She done out a tub of clothes on Monday, but she starched ’em afore they was wrenched, and blued a pink calico dress till I thought I should a died a laughin.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

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