stiffness
(noun)
noun
1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
Definition categories: attribute, inelasticity
2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty
- he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck
Definition categories: attribute, awkwardness, clumsiness
3. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
- a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity
Definition categories: attribute, firmness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve
4. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Similar word(s): awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness
Definition categories: attribute, inelegance
5. excessive sternness
Similar word(s): hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, severeness, severity
Definition categories: attribute, sternness, strictness
Sentences with stiffness as a noun:
- His stiffness hampered the conversation.