| ADJECTIVE | all | rigid, stiff | incapable of or resistant to bending |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | rigid, strict | incapable of compromise or flexibility | |
| all | rigid, inflexible, unbending | incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances | |
| all | rigid | designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure | |
| all | rigid, fixed, set | fixed and unmoving |
| Sounds | rih'jhahd; rih'jhihd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd... | |
| abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | ||
| Meaning | incapable of or resistant to bending. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonym | stiff | |
| Broader | inflexible | resistant to being bent / bent |
| Spanish | rígida, rígido, tieso, yerto | |
| Catalan | rígid | |
| Nouns | rigidity, rigidness | the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending |
| Adverbs | rigidly | in a rigid manner |
| Meaning | Incapable of compromise or flexibility. | |
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| Synonym | strict | |
| Broader | intolerant | Unwilling to tolerate difference of opinion |
| Spanish | estricto, rígido | |
| Nouns | rigidity, rigidness | the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe |
| Meaning | incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances. | |
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| Example | "a rigid disciplinarian" | |
| Synonyms | inflexible, unbending | |
| Broader | unadaptable | not adaptable |
| Spanish | inflexible, rígido | |
| Nouns | rigidness | the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe |
| Meaning | Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure. | |
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| Category | aeronautics, astronautics | The theory and practice of navigation through air or space |
| Narrower | semirigid | Having a form maintained by a rigid internal structure as well as by internal gas pressure |
| Opposite | nonrigid | Designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure |
| Spanish | rígido | |
| Catalan | rígid | |
| Meaning | Fixed and unmoving. | |
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| Example | "a face rigid with pain" | |
| Synonyms | fixed, set | |
| Broader | nonmoving, unmoving | not in motion |
| Spanish | fijo, rígido | |
| Catalan | fix, rígid | |
| Nouns | rigidness | the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending |
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