Synonyms of the word

stiffness

• n. Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
• n. Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
• n. Inelegance, lacking relaxedness.
• n. muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work.

awkwardness

• n. The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
• n. The quality of an embarrassing situation.

clumsiness

• n. A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.

firmness

• n. The state of being firm; strength; permanence; stability; hardness; resolution.

gracelessness

• n. The state of being graceless.

hardness

• n. The quality of being hard.
• n. An instance of this quality; hardship.
• n. (inorganic chemistry) The quantity of calcium carbonate dissolved in water, usually expressed in parts…
• n. The resistance to scratching, cutting, indentation or abrasion of a metal or other solid material.
• n. (physics) The penetrating ability of electromagnetic radiation, such as x-rays; generally, the shorter…
• n. The measure of resistance to damage of a facility, equipment, installation, or telecommunications infrastructure…

harshness

• n. The quality of being harsh.

inclemency

• n. The quality of being inclement; lack of clemency.
• n. Something that is inclement.

inelasticity

• n. The quality of being inflexible.
• n. (economics) The insensitivity of changes in a quantity with respect to changes in another quantity.

inelegance

• n. The state or quality of being inelegant; lack of grace, refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition,…

resoluteness

• n. The state or characteristic of being resolute; determination or resolution.

resolution

• n. A strong will, determination.
• n. The state of being resolute.
• n. A statement of intent, a vow.
• n. The act of discerning detail.
• n. (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often…
• n. (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
• n. (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
• n. (mathematics) The act or process of solving; solution.
• n. A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
• n. (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
• n. (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
• n. (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
• n. The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
• n. (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed…

resolve

• v. (transitive) To find a solution to (a problem).
• v. (transitive) To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
• v. (transitive) To solve again.
• v. (intransitive) To make a firm decision to do something.
• v. (transitive) To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
• v. To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate;…
• v. To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
• v. (music) To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
• v. (computing) To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code;…
• v. (rare, transitive) To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
• v. (rare, intransitive, reflexive) To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To liquefy (a gas or vapour).
• v. (medicine, dated) To disperse or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumour.
• v. (obsolete) To relax; to lay at ease.
• v. (chemistry) To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
• n. Determination, will power.

rigor

• n. US spelling of rigour.
• n. (slang) an abbreviated form of rigor mortis.

rigorousness

• n. The property of being rigorous, strictness.

rigour

• n. Severity or strictness.
• n. A trembling or shivering response.
• n. Character of being unyielding or inflexible.
• n. Shrewd questioning.
• n. Higher level of difficulty.
• n. (Britain, slang) Misspelling of rigor. An abbreviated form of rigour mortis.

rigourousness

• n. Nonstandard spelling of rigorousness.

severeness

• n. The property of being severe.

severity

• n. The state of being severe.
• n. The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.

sternness

• n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being stern.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being stern.

strictness

• n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being strict.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being strict.