Meaning of INFLEXIBLE
Pronunciation: | | in'fleksubul
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- [adj] literal meanings; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade"
- [adj] extended meanings; incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose"
- [adj] not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"
- [adj] incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"
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| Synonyms: | | adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard(a), flinty, fossilised, fossilized, granitic, hardcore, hard-core, hardline, hard-line, inexorable, intransigent, ironclad, muscle-bound, ossified, rigid, rock-ribbed, semirigid, stand-up, stiff, stiffened, unadaptable, unbending, uncompromising, unyielding |
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| Antonyms: | | compromising, conciliatory, flexible, flexile | |
| See Also: | | inelastic | |
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| Definition: | | \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.
2. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or
altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable;
stubborn.
``Inflexibleas steel.'' --Miltom.
Amanof upright and inflexibletemper . . . can
overcome all private fear. --Addison.
3. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
The nature of things is inflexible. --I. Watts.
Syn: -- Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable;
pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting.
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| Related Terms: | | 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, rockbound, rock-ribbed, 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 |
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