stiffness
About 4.17 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
- noun Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
- noun Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
His stiffness hampered the conversation.
- noun Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
Similar words
hardness severity harshness awkwardness clumsiness inclemency gracelessness rigid strictness rigor
Often followed by
of and matrix in is or to matrices for
Word family
stiff stiffer stiffest stiffish stiffly stiffnesses
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