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rigid |
Grep of noun rigid brigid rigidification rigidifying rigidity rigidness saint brigid st brigid Overview of adj rigid The adj rigid has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (5) rigid, stiff -- (incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker") 2. (2) rigid, strict -- (incapable of compromise or flexibility) 3. (2) inflexible, rigid, unbending -- (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate") 4. (1) fixed, set rigid -- (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") 5. rigid -- ((aeronautics) designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure) Antonyms of adj rigid 5 senses of rigid Sense 1 rigid, stiff INDIRECT (VIA inflexible) -> flexible, flexile Sense 2 rigid, strict INDIRECT (VIA intolerant) -> tolerant Sense 3 inflexible, rigid, unbending INDIRECT (VIA unadaptable) -> adaptable Sense 4 fixed, set rigid INDIRECT (VIA nonmoving) -> moving Sense 5 rigid (vs. nonrigid) nonrigid (vs. rigid) Similarity of adj rigid 5 senses of rigid Sense 1 rigid, stiff => inflexible (vs. flexible) Sense 2 rigid, strict => intolerant (vs. tolerant) Sense 3 inflexible, rigid, unbending => unadaptable (vs. adaptable) Sense 4 fixed, set rigid => nonmoving (vs. moving), unmoving Sense 5 rigid (vs. nonrigid) => semirigid Attributes of adj rigid Familiarity of adj rigid rigid used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj rigid frigid nonrigid rigid semirigid Overview of adj rigid The adj rigid has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (5) rigid, stiff -- (incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker") 2. (2) rigid, strict -- (incapable of compromise or flexibility) 3. (2) inflexible, rigid, unbending -- (incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate") 4. (1) fixed, set rigid -- (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") 5. rigid -- ((aeronautics) designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure)
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