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stiffness |
Grep of noun stiffness stiffness Overview of noun stiffness The noun stiffness has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) stiffness -- (the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend) 2. (1) stiffness -- (the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck") 3. awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness -- (the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)) 4. severity, harshness, rigor, rigour, inclemency, hardness, stiffness -- (excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp") Overview of noun stiffness The noun stiffness has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) stiffness -- (the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend) 2. (1) stiffness -- (the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck") 3. awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness -- (the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)) 4. severity, harshness, rigor, rigour, inclemency, hardness, stiffness -- (excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp")
stiffness definition