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rigid

modif.

Stiff
unyielding, inflexible, hard; see firm 2, stiff 1, unbreakable.
Strict
exact, rigorous, stern, stringent; see definite 1, severe 1, 2.
Fixed
set, unmoving, unyielding; see determined 1, firm 1, resolute 2.

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Another word for rigid

adjective

Not changing shape or bending:
inelastic, inflexible, stiff, unbending, unyielding. See flexible
Incapable of changing or being modified:
immutable, inalterable, inflexible, invariable, ironclad, unalterable, unchangeable. See flexible
Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will:
adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding. Idiom: stubborn as a mule (or ox). See resist
Rigorous and unsparing in treating others:
demanding, exacting, hard, harsh, severe, stern, strict, tough, unyielding. See easy

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Her frame was rigid, the table empty.
His body went rigid, and confusion crossed his features.
New Mexico (then including the present Arizona) and Utah were organized without any prohibition of slavery (each being left free to decide for or against, on admission to statehood), and a rigid fugitive slave law was enacted; these were concessions to the South.
Most European countries, are descendants of the foxhound which have been taught to follow game by general body scent, not by tracking, nose to the ground, the traces left by the feet of the' quarry, and, on approaching within sight of the game, to stand rigid, "pointing" in its direction.
Sirian's coldness had never struck her as anything but rigid discipline and cool thinking.

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