Inflexible

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inflexible \In*flex"i*ble\, a. [L. inflexiblis: cf. F.
     inflexible. See {In-} not, and {Flexible}.]
     1. Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
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     2. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or


        altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable;
        stubborn.
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              "Inflexibleas steel."                 --Miltom.
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              A man of upright and inflexible temper . . . can
              overcome all private fear.            --Addison.
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     3. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
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              The nature of things is inflexible.   --I. Watts.
  
     Syn: -- Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable;
          pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inflexible
       adj 1: extended meanings; incapable of change; "a man of inflexible
              purpose" [ant: {flexible}]
       2: not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in
          the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty" [syn: {uncompromising}]
          [ant: {compromising}]
       3: literal meanings; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible
          knife blade" [ant: {flexible}]
       4: incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a
          rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending
          will to dominate" [syn: {rigid}, {unbending}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  160 Moby Thesaurus words for "inflexible":
     adamant, adamantine, at a standstill, cast-iron, certain,
     changeless, closed to, constant, determinate, determined, dogged,
     dour, dyed, established, fated, fateful, firm, fixed, flinty,
     frozen, fundamentalist, grim, hard, hard and fast, hard-core,
     hard-line, headstrong, hidebound, immobile, immotile, immotive,
     immovable, immutable, impersuadable, impersuasible, impervious,
     implacable, impliable, inalterable, indefeasible, indomitable,
     inductile, inelastic, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible,
     inevitable, inexorable, inextensible, inextensile, inextensional,
     intractable, intractile, intransigent, invariable, invincible,
     iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, irreconcilable, irremovable,
     irresilient, irresistible, irrevocable, loyal, mulish,
     muscle-bound, necessary, nonelastic, nonstretchable, obdurate,
     obstinate, orthodox, pat, pigheaded, procrustean, purist, puristic,
     puritan, puritanic, refractory, relentless, resistless, resolute,
     resolved, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rock-ribbed,
     rockbound, set, settled, severe, single-minded, sot, standpat,
     stationary, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stern, stiff,
     stony, straightlaced, straitlaced, strict, stubborn, sure,
     sure as death, sure as fate, true, unaccommodating, unadaptable,
     unaffected, unalterable, unamenable, unavoidable, unbending,
     unchangeable, unchanging, uncompliant, uncompromising,
     unconquerable, uncontrollable, undeflectable, unextendible,
     unextensible, unflappable, unflexible, ungiving, unimpressionable,
     uninfluenceable, unlimber, unmalleable, unmodifiable, unmovable,
     unmoved, unmoving, unpersuadable, unpliable, unpliant,
     unpreventable, unreceptive, unrelenting, unresponsive, unshakable,
     unshakeable, unshaken, unstoppable, unsuggestible, unsusceptible,
     unswayable, unswerving, untractable, unvaried, unvarying,
     unyielding