adjective
incapable of or resistant to bending
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Examples
- a rigid strip of metal
- a table made of rigid plastic
- a palace guardsman stiff as a poker
- stiff hair
- a stiff neck
adjective
incapable of compromise or flexibility
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adjective
incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
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Examples
- a rigid disciplinarian
- an inflexible law
- an unbending will to dominate
adjective
designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
adjective
fixed and unmoving
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Examples
- 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