stiffness

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Noun

stiffness

1. Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
2. Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
3. Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.

   His stiffness hampered the conversation.

   • 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Heads designed for an essay on conversations ↗

     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.

4. Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.

Translations

• French: rigidité, raideur
• German: Erstarrung, Starre, Steife, Steifigkeit, Steifheit
• Italian: rigidezza, rigidità
• Portuguese: rigidez
• Russian: жёсткость
• Spanish: rigidez, tiesura

Translations

• French: inflexibilité
• Italian: inflessibilità
• Portuguese: rigidez
• Spanish: rigidez, inflexibilidad

Translations

• French: raideur
• Russian: чо́порность

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