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English noun: stiffness

1. stiffness (attribute) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend


Broader (hypernym)inelasticity

2. stiffness (attribute) the property of moving with pain or difficulty


SamplesHe awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck.


Broader (hypernym)awkwardness, clumsiness

3. stiffness (attribute) firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action


SamplesA charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity.


Broader (hypernym)firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve

4. stiffness (attribute) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)


Synonymsawkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness


Broader (hypernym)inelegance


Narrower (hyponym)gaucherie, rusticity, woodenness

5. stiffness (attribute) excessive sternness


SamplesSeverity of character.
The harshness of his punishment was inhuman.
The rigors of boot camp.


Synonymshardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity


Broader (hypernym)sternness, strictness









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