stiffness
Collocations
4ADJ.
apt, other, unexplained
VERB + STIFFNESS
capture, felt, give, relieve, sense
STIFFNESS + NOUN
conversation, joints, metal, neck, suppleness
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
His stiffness hampered the conversation.
Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — excessive sternness
- severity
- severeness
- harshness
- rigor
- rigour
- rigorousness
- rigourousness
- inclemency
noun — the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarra
- awkwardness
- clumsiness
- gracelessness
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6His stiffness hampered the conversation.
WiktionaryStudy gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
WiktionaryAfter years when I met a friend inside the aircraft and could sense stiffness in the conversation, a whiff of mild slang was the ice breaker, followed by loads of campus nostalgia.
WiktionaryTom felt the stiffness in his joints as he stood up after sitting in the same position for a long time.
Tatoeba · #1343812She stretched to relieve the stiffness in her back.
Tatoeba · #1343813You need a parameter to capture the stiffness of the metal.
Tatoeba · #8657117