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| NOUN | 1 | stiffness | The physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend |
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| 2 | stiffness | The property of moving with pain or difficulty | |
| 3 | stiffness | Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action | |
| 4 | stiffness, awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness | The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | |
| 5 | stiffness, severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness | Excessive sternness |
| Sounds | stih'fnahs |
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| Rhymes | abacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1127 more rhymes in ahs... |
| Meaning | The physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend. |
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| Broader | inelasticity |
| Adjectives | stiff; stiff; stiff; stiff |
| Meaning | The property of moving with pain or difficulty. |
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| Examples | "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck" |
| Broader | awkwardness, clumsiness |
| Adjectives | stiff; stiff |
| Meaning | Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action. |
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| Examples | "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity" |
| Broader | resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution |
| Adjectives | stiff; stiff |
| Meaning | The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment). |
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| Synonyms | awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness |
| Broader | inelegance |
| Narrower | woodenness; rusticity, gaucherie |
| Adjectives | stiff; stiff |
| Meaning | Excessive sternness. |
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| Synonyms | severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness |
| Broader | sternness, strictness |
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