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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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 2
The physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
Examples
- The morning after the intense workout, she felt a noticeable stiffness in her muscles that made it difficult to move.
- The wooden ruler's stiffness made it an ideal tool for drawing straight lines.
- The physician asked the patient to bend their knee to check for stiffness in the joint.
- Years of disuse had caused the old leather belt to develop a stiffness that made it difficult to wrap around his waist.
- The new athletic shoes were initially stiff and took some time to break in and lose their stiffness.
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Meaning 3
The inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).
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Meaning 4
Excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp".
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Meaning 5
Firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.