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Stiffness

nounid 133084·updated May 18, 2026
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the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

polysemous

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
awkwardnessclumsinessgracelessnessseverity
plural
Stiffnesses
possessive
Stiffness's
pluralpossessive
Stiffnesses'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary5 sensesview framework →
§1
excessive sternness
§2
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
§3
firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
§4
the property of moving with pain or difficulty
§5
the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
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