- inflexible
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)adj. unbending, rigid, unyielding; firm, steadfast, stubborn; grim, stern. See hardness, resolution, inelasticity. Ant., flexible, pliant.II(Roget's IV) modif.1. [Stiff]2. [Firm of purpose]Syn. implacable, resolute, obdurate, adamant, stubborn, unyielding, unshakable, immovable, determined, unrelenting, unalterable, fixed, ironclad; see also obstinate , resolute 2 .Syn.- inflexible implies an unyielding or unshakable firmness in mind or purpose, sometimes connoting stubbornness [ his inflexible attitude ] ; adamant implies a firm or unbreakable resolve that remains unaffected by temptation or pleading [adamant to her entreaties ] ; implacable suggests the impossibility of pacifying or appeasing [implacable in his hatred ] ; obdurate implies a hardheartedness that is not easily moved to pity, sympathy, or forgiveness [ her obdurate refusal to help ]III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.1. hard unyielding, rigid, firm, stiff, unmalleable.2. stubborn unyielding, adamant, firm, uncompromising, obstinate, rigid, unbending, intractable, fixed, pigheaded.ANT.: 1. flexible, soft, malleable. 2. compromising, yieldingIV(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not changing shape or bending: inelastic, rigid, stiff, unbending, unyielding. See FLEXIBLE. 2. Incapable of changing or being modified: immutable, inalterable, invariable, ironclad, rigid, unalterable, unchangeable. See FLEXIBLE. 3. Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will: adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard, grim, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, intransigent, iron, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, rigid, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding. Idiom: stubborn as a mule (or ox). See RESIST.
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