Thesaurus: stiffness

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1. n. The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
2. n. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
3. n. the property of moving with pain or difficulty
4. n. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
5. n. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
6. n. excessive sternness
7. The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character. The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too. South.
8. The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of clothor of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too. South.
9. n:100 n. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend n. the property of moving with pain or difficulty n. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action