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the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
stiffness(noun)the property of moving with pain or difficulty
"he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
stiffness(noun)firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
"a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness(noun)the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness, stiffness(noun)excessive sternness
"severity of character"; "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
incapable of or highly resistant to bendinguse a stiff piece of paper for the project
difficult to endurestiff winds
going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amountdon't you think that's a pretty stiff fine for such a minor infraction?
having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressurestir two cups of flour with the remaining ingredients to make a stiff dough
lacking social grace and assurancefelt stiff and ill-at-ease whenever she was introduced to her parents' friends
requiring considerable physical or mental effortwe'll have a stiff climb to actually reach the summit
marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and detailsthe stiff politeness with which I was greeted suggested that they weren't truly happy to see me
being under the influence of alcoholseeing that the customer was more than a little stiff, the bartender offered to call a cab for him
a dead bodyto the mortician, a stiff was a stiff and they were all pretty much alike
a member of the human raceone lucky stiff will get the biggest jackpot in the lottery's history
to deliberately ignore or treat rudelythe actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events
to rob by the use of trickery or threatscustomers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company claiming to sell designer handbags
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