Dictionary

1. (

• 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"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck" ;

2. (

• rigid ,
• strict

) incapable of compromise or flexibility ;

3. (

• inflexible ,
• rigid ,
• unbending

) incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" ;

4. (

• rigid

) designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure ;

5. (

• 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" ;