1. (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• awkwardness
• clumsiness
• gracelessness

2. (noun) excessive sternness

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

1. (noun) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

• inelasticity

2. (noun) the property of moving with pain or difficulty

• awkwardness
• clumsiness

3. (noun) firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action

• firmness
• firmness of purpose
• resoluteness
• resolution
• resolve

4. (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• inelegance

5. (noun) excessive sternness

• sternness
• strictness

1. (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• gaucherie
• rusticity
• woodenness

1. (noun) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

• rigid
• stiff
• stiff

2. (noun) the property of moving with pain or difficulty

• rigid
• stiff

3. (noun) firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action

• firm
• steadfast
• steady
• stiff
• unbendable
• unfaltering
• unshakable
• unwavering

4. (noun) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

• awkward
• ill at ease
• uneasy
• awkward
• clumsy
• cumbersome
• ill-chosen
• inapt
• inept
• buckram
• starchy
• stiff
• gauche
• graceless
• unpolished
• graceless
• ungraceful

5. (noun) excessive sternness

• abrasive
• harsh
• hard
• tough
• harsh
• rough
• inclement
• rigorous
• rigorous
• stringent
• stringent
• tight
• tight
• rigorous
• strict
• severe
• severe
• spartan
• spartan