stiffness

Noun (5)

1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bendType of inelasticity
2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty“he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck”Type of awkwardness, clumsiness
3. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action“a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity”Type of resoluteness, firmness
4. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)Synonyms: awkwardnessclumsinessgracelessnessType of ineleganceKinds woodenness, rusticity
5. excessive sternness“severity of character”“the harshness of his punishment was inhuman”“the rigors of boot camp”Synonyms: severityseverenessharshnessrigorrigourrigorousnessrigourousnessinclemencyhardnessType of sternness, strictness