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      stiffness
      noun
      excessive sternness
      the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
      firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
      the property of moving with pain or difficulty
      the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
      Synonyms for stiffness
      hardnessnrigiditynrigornrigidnessninflexibilitynrigorousnessntightnessninelasticitynfirmnessntautnessnstiltednessnwoodennessnimmovabilityn
      Words related to stiffness
      unmalleabilitynharshnessnseveritynseverenessnawkwardnessnsorenessnstiffeningnstarchednessnclumsinessnsupplenessnnumbnessnrigidificationninsoliditynfatiguenrelaxednessnstiffadjgracelessnessnlimpnessnsoliditynlissomenessnpliabilitynstiffishadjdurometerloosenessnductilitynstiffenedvsoftnessn

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