1. Raide. Une barre rigide.
2. Austère.
3. Sévère. Un homme rigide.
ETYM Latin rigidus, from rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. French rigide. Related to Rigor.
1. Incapable of or resistant to bending; SYN. stiff.
2. Incapable of compromise or flexibility; SYN. strict.
3. (Aeronautics) Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure.
1. Lacking ease in bending; not limber
2. Hard to overcome or surmount; SYN. uphill.
3. Not moving or operating freely
4. Powerful
ETYM Pref. un- not + bending; properly p. pr. unbend.
1. Not bending; not yielding to pressure; stiff; - applied to material things.
2. Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; - applied to people.
3. Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; - applied to abstract ideas.