1.Definition: excessive sternness

Related Noun(s):hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity

Category: General

2.Definition: firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action

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

Category: General

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

Related Noun(s):awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness

Category: General

4.Definition: the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

Category: General

5.Definition: the property of moving with pain or difficulty

"He awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"

Category: General