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noun : STIFFNESS
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend ;
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2. (
) the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck" ;
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3. (
) firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity" ;
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4. (
) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) ;
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5. (
- severity ,
- severeness ,
- harshness ,
- rigor ,
- rigour ,
- rigorousness ,
- rigourousness ,
- inclemency ,
- hardness ,
- stiffness ,
) excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp" ;
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