STIFFNESS
Scrabble letter values: S1T1I1F4F4N1E1S1S1 = 15
Definition
- noun the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend.
- noun the property of moving with pain or difficulty.
- noun firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action.
- noun the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment). — synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness
- noun excessive sternness. — synonyms: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency
Examples
- “he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck”
- “a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity”
- “severity of character”