STIFFNESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • excessive sternness
   Synonym(s)
   • hardness (what does hardness mean?)
   • harshness (what does harshness mean?)
   • inclemency (what does inclemency mean?)
   • rigor (what does rigor mean?)
   • rigour (what does rigour mean?)
   • severity (what does severity mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • severity of character
   • the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
   • the rigors of boot camp
   Hypernyms(s) stiffness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sternness (what does sternness mean?)
   • strictness (what does strictness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
   Synonym(s)
   • awkwardness (what does awkwardness mean?)
   • clumsiness (what does clumsiness mean?)
   • gracelessness (what does gracelessness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) stiffness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inelegance (what does inelegance mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • rusticity (what does rusticity mean?)
   • gaucherie (what does gaucherie mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the property of moving with pain or difficulty
   Usage Example(s)
   • he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck
   Hypernyms(s) stiffness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • awkwardness (what does awkwardness mean?)
   • clumsiness (what does clumsiness mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
   Hypernyms(s) stiffness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inelasticity (what does inelasticity mean?)