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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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