NOUN | attribute | stiffness | the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend |
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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 | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | The physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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). | |
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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. | |
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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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