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.