Stiffness (Noun)
Meaning 1
The property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck".
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Meaning 2
The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).
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Meaning 3
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp".
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Meaning 4
Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity".
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Meaning 5
The physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.