stiffness
1.
(
noun
) the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
Related Words:
awkwardness
,
clumsiness
2.
(
noun
) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
Related Words:
inelasticity
3.
(
noun
) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Synonyms:
awkwardness
,
clumsiness
,
gracelessness
Related Words:
gaucherie
,
inelegance
,
rusticity
4.
(
noun
) excessive sternness; "the severity of his punishment was inhuman"
Synonyms:
hardness
,
harshness
,
inclemency
,
severity
Related Words:
sternness
,
strictness
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