About The Word Rigid
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Rigid
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What's The Definition Of Rigid?
[adj] incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"
[adj] (aeronautics) designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure [adj] incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" [adj] fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"; "his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [adj] incapable of compromise or flexibility Synonyms | Synonyms for Rigid: fixed | inflexible | intolerant | nonmoving | semirigid | set | stiff | strict | unadaptable | unbending | unmoving Related Terms | Find terms related to Rigid: See Also | Rigid In Webster's Dictionary \Rig"id\, a. [L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb:
cf. F. rigide. Cf. {Rigor}. ]
1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible.
Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. --Milton.
2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict;
as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid
criticism; a rigid sentence.
The more rigid order of principles in religion and
government. --Hawthorne.
Syn: Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact;
severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated.
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