Definition of stiffness

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Definition of stiffness

  • the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. awkwardness
    2. clumsiness
    3. gracelessness
  • excessive sternness (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. hardness
    2. harshness
    3. inclemency
    4. rigor
    5. rigorousness
    6. rigour
    7. rigourousness
    8. severeness
    9. severity
  • firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action (noun)

    Examples

    1. a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity
  • the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend (noun)
  • the property of moving with pain or difficulty (noun)

    Examples

    1. he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck

See definition of stiffness in Merriam Webster