Rigid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Rigid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Rigid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rigid adj 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" Synonym(s): rigid, stiff incapable of compromise or flexibility Synonym(s): rigid, strict incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" Synonym(s): inflexible, rigid, unbending designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure Antonym(s): nonrigid 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" Synonym(s): fixed, set, rigid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rigid \Rig"id\, a. [L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide. Cf. {Rigor}. ] 1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. Upright beams innumerable Of rigid spears. --Milton. 2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence. The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. --Hawthorne. Syn: Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact; severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated.