rigid
pronunciation
How to pronounce rigid in British English:
UK [ˈrɪdʒɪd]
How to pronounce rigid in American English:
US [ˈrɪdʒɪd]
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- Adjective:
- incapable of or resistant to bending
- incapable of compromise or flexibility
- incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
- fixed and unmoving
- designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
Word Origin
- rigid (adj.)
- early 15c., from Latin rigidus "hard, stiff, rough, severe," from rigere "be stiff," from PIE *reig- "stretch (tight), bind tightly, make fast" (cognates: Old Irish riag "torture," Middle High German ric "band, string"). Related: Rigidly.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Carry structures are equally rigid and create further distortions .
- 2. China has the most rigid censorship program in the world .
- 3. The rigid rules are intended to protect workers .
- 4. Stress makes our hands feel colder and more rigid .
- 5. But academics doing research on confucianism often work within rigid disciplinary boundaries borrowed from western academia .