Words · Familiar
stiffness
/sˈtɪfnəs/ · 9 letters · 6 distinct letters
- noun
the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- noun
the property of moving with pain or difficulty
he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck
- noun
firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity
- noun
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- noun
excessive sternness
severity of character