Noun

• S: (n) stiffness (stiffness%1:07:00::) (the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend)
• S: (n) stiffness (stiffness%1:07:01::) (the property of moving with pain or difficulty) "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
• S: (n) stiffness (stiffness%1:07:04::) (firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action) "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
• S: (n) awkwardness (awkwardness%1:07:03::), clumsiness (clumsiness%1:07:02::), gracelessness (gracelessness%1:07:01::), stiffness (stiffness%1:07:02::) (the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment))
• S: (n) severity (severity%1:07:00::), severeness (severeness%1:07:01::), harshness (harshness%1:07:02::), rigor (rigor%1:07:02::), rigour (rigour%1:07:02::), rigorousness (rigorousness%1:07:01::), rigourousness (rigourousness%1:07:01::), inclemency (inclemency%1:07:00::), hardness (hardness%1:07:04::), stiffness (stiffness%1:07:03::) (excessive sternness) "severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"