stiffness - Meaning in Marathi

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stiffness - Meaning in Marathi

stiffness Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of stiffness in English

stiffness noun

1. excessive sternness

   Synonyms

   hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity

   Examples

   • "severity of character"
   • "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"
   • "the rigors of boot camp"
2. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

   Synonyms

   awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness

3. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action

   Example

   • "a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
4. the property of moving with pain or difficulty

   Example

   • "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
5. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

Synonyms of stiffness

• hardness, harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity
• awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness

Description

Stiffness is the extent to which an object resists deformation in response to an applied force.

Also see "Stiffness" on Wikipedia

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