rigid (
http://definr.com/rigid)
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" [syn:
stiff]
2: incapable of compromise or flexibility [syn:
strict]
3: incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a
rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending
will to dominate" [syn:
inflexible,
unbending]
4: 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]
5: (aeronautics) designating an airship or dirigible having a
form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
[ant:
nonrigid]