| ADJECTIVE | all | inflexible | incapable of change |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | inflexible, uncompromising, sturdy | not making concessions | |
| all | inflexible | resistant to being bent / bent | |
| all | inflexible, rigid, unbending | incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances |
| Sounds | ihnfleh'ksahbahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | incapable of change. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a man of inflexible purpose" | |
| Narrower | adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent | impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason |
| die-hard, rock-ribbed | tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated | |
| fossilized, fossilised, ossified | Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs | |
| hard-core | stubbornly resistant to change or improvement / improvement | |
| ironclad, brassbound | inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable | |
| Opposite | flexible | Capable of being changed |
| Spanish | inflexible | |
| Catalan | inflexible | |
| Nouns | inflexibility | the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe |
| Adverbs | inflexibly | in an inflexible manner |
| Meaning | not making concessions. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | uncompromising, sturdy | |
| Narrower | hard-line, hardline | Firm and uncompromising |
| See also | stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate | tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield |
| Opposite | compromising, conciliatory, flexible | making or willing to make concessions |
| Spanish | inflexible, intransigente, resistente | |
| Catalan | intransigent | |
| Nouns | inflexibility | the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe |
| Meaning | resistant to being bent / bent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Examples |
| |
| Narrower | muscle-bound | Having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise |
| rigid, stiff | incapable of or resistant to bending | |
| semirigid | not fully rigid | |
| See also | inelastic | not elastic |
| Opposite | flexible, flexile | able to flex |
| Spanish | inflexible | |
| Nouns | inflexibility, inflexibleness | a lack of physical flexibility |
| Meaning | incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "an inflexible law" | |
| Synonyms | rigid, unbending | |
| Broader | unadaptable | not adaptable |
| Spanish | inflexible, rígido | |
| Nouns | inflexibility | the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe |
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