Understanding the meaning of stiffness

stiffness

'stɪfnʌs

noun
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
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awkwardness clumsiness gracelessness

type of:
inelegance
noun
excessive sternness
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hardness harshness inclemency rigor rigorousness rigour rigourousness severeness severity

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strictness sternness
noun
firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
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"a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"

type of:
firmness firmness of purpose resoluteness resolve resolution
noun
the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
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inelasticity
noun
the property of moving with pain or difficulty
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"he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"

type of:
clumsiness awkwardness

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