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(satellite adjective) incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker" |
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Synonyms: stiff |
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(adjective) (aeronautics) designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure |
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Antonyms: nonrigid |
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(satellite adjective) incapable of compromise or flexibility |
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Synonyms: strict |
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(satellite adjective) incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" |
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Synonyms: inflexible, unbending |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: fixed, set |
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