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- DictionaryRig·id/ˈrijəd/
adjective
- 1. unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible: "a seat of rigid orange plastic"
- 2. not able to be changed or adapted: "teachers are being asked to unlearn rigid rules for labeling children"
The meaning of RIGIDITY is the quality or state of being rigid. How to use rigidity in a sentence.
Scrupulously or severely maintained or performed; rigorous or harsh. Rigid discipline. American Heritage. More Adjective Definitions (5) Synonyms: unbending. inflexible. strict. set. fixed. stiff. unshakable. unpliant. tense.
1. not bending; physically inflexible or stiff: a rigid piece of plastic. 2. unbending; rigorously strict; severe: rigid rules. adv. completely or excessively: the lecture bored him rigid. [C16: from Latin rigidus, from rigēre to be stiff]
1. unbending, firm, inflexible. 2. immovable, static. 3. austere, stern, unyielding.
the quality of being stiff, fixed, or impossible to bend: Cables lack the rigidity of wires. The roof has special beams to increase rigidity. Fewer examples. Minerals provide bone with its rigidity. The case is a two-piece aluminum housing shaped for high rigidity. Parkinson's disease causes uncontrollable tremors and muscular rigidity.
a: deficient in or devoid of flexibility <rigid price controls> <a rigid bar of metal>
noun. /rɪˈdʒɪdəti/ [uncountable, countable] (often disapproving) the fact of being very strict and difficult to change synonym inflexibility (1) the rigidity of the law on this issue. the rigidities and routines of home. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
