Stiffness Meaning
There are 5 meaning(s) for word Stiffness
Meaning 1 : the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Synonyms : awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness
Synonyms : awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness
Meaning 2 : excessive sternness
Synonyms : hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity
Synonyms : hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity
Meaning 3 : firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
Example : a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity
Example : a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity
Meaning 4 : the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
Meaning 5 : the property of moving with pain or difficulty
Example : he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck
Example : he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck