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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Stiffness \Stiff"ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of
     cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of
     character.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too.
                                                    --South.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Stiffness \Stiff"ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of
     cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of
     character.
  
           The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too.
                                                    --South.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  stiffness
       n 1: the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
       2: the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke
          with a painful stiffness in his neck"
       3: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by
          embarrassment) [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness]
       4: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
          of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
          [syn: severity, harshness, rigor, rigour, inclemency,
           hardness]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  stiffness
     n.
     1 rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
     2 inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
     3 inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  stiffness
     n.
     1 rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
     2 inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
     3 inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  stiffness
     n.
     1 rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
     2 inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
     3 inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  stiffness
     n.
     1 rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
     2 inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
     3 inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  stiffness'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst stiffness)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/
  التصلّب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/ 
  1. вдървеност, скованост
  inflexibility
  2. схващане
  muscular tension
  3. твърдост
  rigidity

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/ 
  ztuhlost

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/
  Erstarrung , Steifheit , Steifigkeit , Steife 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/
  Klemmen 
           Note: der Tür
           Note: of a door

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/
  Stärke , Härte , Zähigkeit 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/
  
  ψυχρότητα, δυσκαμψία

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/ 
  1. taipumattomuus
  inflexibility
  2. jäykkyys
  rigidity

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  Stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/
  Krutost

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/
  krutosti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/
  merevség

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  stiffness /stˈɪfnəs/ 
  dureza, rigidez

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈstɪfnəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  140 Moby Thesaurus words for "stiffness":
     adamantness, aridity, barrenness, bloodlessness, buckram,
     ceremonial, ceremoniousness, ceremony, characterlessness,
     cohesiveness, colorlessness, costliness, deadness, dearness,
     dignity, dismalness, dourness, dragginess, dreariness, dryness,
     dullness, durability, dustiness, effeteness, emptiness, etiolation,
     extrinsicality, firmness, flatness, flintiness, form, formality,
     formalization, fundamentalism, gravity, great cost, grimness,
     hard-bittenness, hard-nosedness, hardiness, hardness, heaviness,
     highness, hollowness, immovability, immutability, impliability,
     inanity, inelasticity, inexcitability, inexorability,
     inflexibility, infrangibility, insipidity, insipidness,
     intransigeance, intransigence, intransigency, intransigentism,
     irreconcilability, jejunity, lastingness, leadenness,
     leatherlikeness, lifelessness, lowness of spirit, luxuriousness,
     obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, orthodoxy, paleness, pallor,
     pointlessness, pokiness, pomp, pomposity, ponderousness,
     precisianism, primness, purism, puritanism, relentlessness,
     renitence, renitency, resistance, richness, rigidity, rigidness,
     rigor, rigorism, rigorousness, ritual, rituality, ropiness,
     slowness, solemnity, spiritlessness, stamina, starchiness,
     steeliness, steepness, sterility, sternness, stiff temper,
     stiltedness, stodginess, strength, stringiness, stubbornness,
     stuffiness, stylization, sumptuousness, superficiality,
     tastelessness, tautness, tediousness, tenacity, tenseness, tension,
     tensity, tightness, toughness, unalterability, unbendingness,
     unbreakability, unbreakableness, unchangeability,
     uncompromisingness, ungivingness, uninterestingness, unliveliness,
     unrelentingness, unyieldingness, vapidity, vapidness, viscidity,
     vitality, weight, woodenness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 坚硬,呆板,刻板;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 坚硬,呆板,刻板

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