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Another word for rigid

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Adjective

  1. Not changing shape or bending

    See also:

    flexible

  2. Incapable of changing or being modified

    See also:

    flexible

  3. Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will

    Idioms:
    See also:

    resist

  4. Rigorous and unsparing in treating others

    See also:

    easy

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Another word for rigid

Modifier

  1. Stiff

    See also:

    unbreakable

    stiff

    firm

  2. Strict

    See also:

    severe

    definite

  3. Fixed

    See also:

    resolute

    firm

    determined

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Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • Sirian's coldness had never struck her as anything but rigid discipline and cool thinking.

  • She'd never learned to lie; in fact, she would never dare lie to Mr. Tim, not with his rigid sense of integrity.

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