stiffness

stiffness is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
2. noun. excessive sternness

   "severity of character"

   "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"

   Synonyms: hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity

3. noun. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

   Synonyms: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness

4. noun. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action

   "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"

5. noun. the property of moving with pain or difficulty

   "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"

6. noun. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

Synonyms

hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness

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