stiffness

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

noun

1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
stiff
• Hypernyms:
inelasticity
2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty (Freq. 1)
- he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck
• Derivationally related forms:
stiff
• Hypernyms:
awkwardness, clumsiness
3. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
- a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity
• Derivationally related forms:
stiff
• Hypernyms:
resoluteness, firmness, firmness of purpose, resolve, resolution
4. excessive sternness
- severity of character
- the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
- the rigors of boot camp
• Syn:
severity, severeness, harshness, rigor, rigour,
rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency, hardness
• Derivationally related forms:
hard (for: hardness), inclement (for: inclemency), rigorous (for: rigorousness), rigorous (for: rigor), harsh (for: harshness), severe (for: severeness), severe (for: severity)
• Hypernyms:
sternness, strictness
5. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
• Syn:
awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness
• Derivationally related forms:
stiff, graceless (for: gracelessness), clumsy (for: clumsiness), awkward (for: awkwardness)
• Hypernyms:
inelegance
• Hyponyms:
woodenness, rusticity, gaucherie

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness