| NOUN | attribute | stiffness | the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend |
|---|---|---|---|
| attribute | stiffness | the property of moving with pain or difficulty | |
| attribute | stiffness | firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action | |
| attribute | stiffness, awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness | the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment / embarrassment) | |
| attribute | stiffness, severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness | excessive sternness |
| Sounds | stih'fnahs | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | The physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | inelasticity | The lack of elasticity |
| Spanish | tiesura | |
| Catalan | encarcarament, tibantor | |
| Adjectives | stiff | not moving or operating freely |
| stiff | incapable of or resistant to bending | |
| Meaning | The property of moving with pain or difficulty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck" | |
| Broader | awkwardness, clumsiness | The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant |
| Spanish | inflexibilidad, rigidez | |
| Adjectives | stiff | incapable of or resistant to bending |
| Meaning | Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity" | |
| Broader | resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution | The trait of being resolute |
| Adjectives | stiff | marked by firm determination or resolution |
| Meaning | The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment / embarrassment). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness | |
| Narrower | rusticity, gaucherie | The quality of being rustic / rustic or gauche |
| woodenness | The quality of being wooden and awkward | |
| Broader | inelegance | The quality of lacking refinement and good taste |
| Spanish | chambonada, desgarbo, desmaña, torpeza | |
| Adjectives | stiff | rigidly formal |
| Meaning | excessive sternness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness | |
| Broader | sternness, strictness | uncompromising resolution |
| Spanish | adustez, austeridad, dureza, inclemencia, rigidez, rigor, rigurosidad, severidad | |
| Catalan | inclemència, rigor | |
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