What does Rigid mean?
Definitions for Rigid
ˈrɪdʒ ɪdrigid
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Princeton's WordNet
rigid, stiffadjective
incapable of or resistant to bending
"a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"
rigid, strictadjective
incapable of compromise or flexibility
inflexible, rigid, unbendingadjective
incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
"a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"
rigidadjective
designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
fixed, set, rigidadjective
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"
Wiktionary
rigidadjective
Stiff, rather than flexible.
rigidadjective
Fixed, rather than moving.
rigidadjective
Rigorous and unbending.
rigidadjective
Uncompromising.
Etymology: From rigidus, from rigere, probably originally "to be straight"; compare rectus, from regere; see regent and right. Compare rigor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
RIGIDadjective
Etymology: rigide, Fr. rigidus, Latin.
A body, that is hollow, may be demonstrated to be more rigid and inflexible, than a solid one of the same substance and weight. John Ray, on the Creation.
His severe judgment giving law,
His modest fancy kept in awe;
As rigid husbands jealous are,
When they believe their wives too fair. John Denham.Queen of this universe! do not believe
Those rigid threats of death; ye shall not die. John Milton.Cressy plains
And Agincourt, deep ting’d with blood, confess
What the Silures vigour unwithstood
Could do in rigid fight. Philips.
ChatGPT
rigid
Rigid refers to something that is not flexible or pliable, unable to be bent or changed. It can also refer to a person, system, or guidelines that are inflexible or strict, adhering firmly to rules or practices.
Webster Dictionary
Rigidadjective
firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible
Rigidadjective
hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Rigid
rij′id, adj. not easily bent: stiff: severe: strict: unyielding: harsh: without delicacy: wanting in ease.—n. Rigid′ity, the quality of resisting change of form: stiffness of manner.—adv. Rig′idly.—n. Rig′idness.—adj. Rigid′ūlous, rather stiff. [L. rigidus—rigēre, to be stiff with cold.]
Entomology
Rigid
inflexible: holding a direct course.
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Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Rigid' in Adjectives Frequency: #778
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Rigid in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Rigid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Rigid in a Sentence
One of two things is true: Either this kind of blind, rigid, context-free, and common-sense-defying assessment of history is exactly what the Supreme Court intended in its landmark ruling last June in Bruen, or it isn’t.
The training we have developed is intended to teach skills that help participants recognize inflexible, rigid thought patterns and to substitute those patterns of thinking with more adaptable thoughts.
They were much less often depicted as funny, they were more in that model minority [ trope ] of being hard working and rigid and smart.
I lose faith in mathematics, logical and rigid. What with those that even zero doesn’t accept?
Rigid justice is the greatest injustice.
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- جامدArabic
- rígidCatalan, Valencian
- tuhýCzech
- stivDanish
- rigide, starr, steifGerman
- سفت و محکمPersian
- kiinteä, peräänantamaton, kankea, jäykkäFinnish
- rigideFrench
- ragScottish Gaelic
- ríxidoGalician
- קשיח, נוקשהHebrew
- कठोरHindi
- merevHungarian
- rigidoItalian
- 固い, 硬い, 堅い, 固定された, リジッドJapanese
- stingrs, stings, stīvsLatvian
- stijf, onbuigzaam, stevig, rigide, stabiel, star, stroefDutch
- stiv, rigidNorwegian
- rígidoPortuguese
- rigid, bățos, țeapănRomanian
- негибкий, негнущийся, непреклонный, жёсткий, суровыйRussian
- togSlovene
- దృఢమైనTelugu
- katı, bükülmez, sabit, kesin, sertTurkish
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