stiffness

/stˈɪfnəs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty
   “he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck”
3. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
   “a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity”
4. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
5. excessive sternness
   “severity of character”

Synonyms for stiffness

• awkwardness
• clumsiness
• gracelessness
• severity
• severeness
• harshness
• rigor
• rigour
• rigorousness
• rigourousness
• inclemency
• hardness