Rigid - Definition

adj 1: 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"
[syn: rigid, stiff]
2: incapable of compromise or flexibility [syn: rigid,
strict]
3: incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a
rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending
will to dominate" [syn: inflexible, rigid, unbending]
4: designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained
by a stiff unyielding frame or structure [ant: nonrigid]
5: 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" [syn: fixed,
set, rigid]