Definitions for rigid
ˈrɪdʒ ɪdrigid

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. 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"

2. rigid, strictadjective

   incapable of compromise or flexibility

3. inflexible, rigid, unbendingadjective

   incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

   "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"

4. rigidadjective

   designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

5. 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. rigidadjective

   Stiff, rather than flexible.

2. rigidadjective

   Fixed, rather than moving.

3. rigidadjective

   Rigorous and unbending.

4. rigidadjective

   Uncompromising.

5. Etymology: From rigidus, from rigere, probably originally "to be straight"; compare rectus, from regere; see regent and right. Compare rigor.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RIGIDadjective

   Etymology: rigide, Fr. rigidus, Latin.

   1. Stiff; not to be bent; unpliant.

   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.

   2. Severe; inflexible.

   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.

   3. Sharp; cruel. It is used somewhat harsh by Philips.

   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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rigidadjective

   firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible

2. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rigid

   inflexible: holding a direct course.

Matched Categories

1. • Aeronautics

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rigid' in Adjectives Frequency: #778

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rigid in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rigid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of rigid in a Sentence

1. Samuel Dagogo-Jack:

   But just like this paper is unable to present very specific evidence, we also can not give very rigid guidelines, the studies are just not there.

2. Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano:

   We are working to construct a common system which goes beyond the Dublin treaty, which is now obsolete in practice, making the mechanism less rigid and more collaborative.

3. Samuel Nartey George:

   The bill has not been substantially changed. The bill remains as tough and as rigid as it was.

4. Donald Trump:

   No, I'm not going to fire him, i'm just disappointed at the clip. I think it's far too fast, far too rigid, far too fast.

5. Matthew Prince:

   Davos is very structured. It's rigid in its form and designed not to embarrass or offend anyone, ever, there's almost nothing more embarrassing than standing up with a microphone, trying to sing. And it turns out the skill to be the CEO or crown prince doesn't translate so well to lounge singer.

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