Synonyms for stiffening
stiff·en·ing

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1. stiffeningnoun

   the act of becoming stiff

   "stiffening his shoulders, he prepared to advance"

   Synonyms:
   rigidifying, rigidification

2. stiffening, rigidifying, rigidificationnoun

   the process of becoming stiff or rigid

   Synonyms:
   rigidifying, rigidification

Matched Categories

1. • Natural Process
   • Process

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1. List of paraphrases for "stiffening":

   stiffener

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How to use stiffening in a sentence?

1. E. M. Forster:

   Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible.