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   rigid

   /ˈrɪdʒɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible: "a seat of rigid orange plastic" Similar stiffhardfirminflexiblenon-flexibleunbendingunyieldinginelastictauttightrare:impliableunmalleableOpposite flexibleplastic
   • ▪ (of a person or part of their body) stiff and unmoving, especially as a result of shock or fear: "Beatrice was rigid with terror"
   • 2. not able to be changed or adapted: "rigid bureaucratic controls" Similar fixedsetfirminflexibleunalterableunchangeableimmutableunvaryinginvariablehard and fastcast-ironOpposite flexible
   • ▪ not adaptable in outlook, belief, or response: "the College had not wanted to be too rigid in imposing teaching methods" Similar strictseveresternstringentrigorousinflexibleuncompromisingresolutedeterminedimmovableunshakeableunrelentingintransigentunyieldingunwaveringunswervingobdurateunadaptableadamantOpposite flexiblelenient

   noun

   • 1. a lorry which is not articulated.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin rigidus, from rigere ‘be stiff’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. rigidness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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   Synonyms. stiff. unyielding. inflexible. unpliant. unbending.

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