stiffness, n.
(stiffnesses)
freq. cnt. 2
(stiffnesses)
freq. cnt. 2
the property of moving with pain or difficulty
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
stiffness
sample sentences
"he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
stiffness
semantic pointers
hypernym
excessive sternness
<noun.attribute>
hardness harshness inclemency rigor rigorousness rigour rigourousness severeness severity stiffness
sample sentences
"severity of character""the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"
"the rigors of boot camp"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
<noun.attribute>
awkwardness clumsiness gracelessness stiffness
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
<noun.attribute>
stiffness
sample sentences
"a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym