Engelsk navneord: stiffness | |||
1. | stiffness (om egenskab) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | inelasticity | ||
2. | stiffness (om egenskab) the property of moving with pain or difficulty | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | awkwardness, clumsiness | ||
3. | stiffness (om egenskab) firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve | ||
4. | stiffness (om egenskab) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | inelegance | ||
Mere specifikke termer | gaucherie, rusticity, woodenness | ||
5. | stiffness (om egenskab) excessive sternness | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Severity of character. The harshness of his punishment was inhuman. The rigors of boot camp. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | sternness, strictness | ||