INFLEXIBLE


Meaning of INFLEXIBLE in English

adj. Function: adjective

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Synonyms: STIFF 1, immalleable, impliable, incompliant, inelastic, rigid, unbending, unflexible, unyielding

Related Words: immobile, immovable

Contrasted Words: elastic, resilient, springy, supple; ductile, malleable, plastic, pliable, pliant; fluid, liquid

Antonyms: flexible

2 rigidly firm in will or purpose FF1C; a person of inflexible resolution FF1E;

Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, brassbound, dogged, inexorable, iron, obdurate, relentless, rigid, rockbound, rock-ribbed, single-minded, steadfast, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unswayable, unyielding; compare STIFF 1

Related Words: intractable, obstinate; indomitable, invincible, unconquerable; grim, hard, implacable, unrelenting; dyed-in-the-wool, fixed, set, ||sot

Contrasted Words: agreeable, amenable, compliant, docile, pliant, responsive, swayable, yielding; mild, open

Antonyms: flexible

3 incapable of changing or being changed FF1C; inflexible rules FF1E;

Synonyms: constant, determinate, fixed, immovable, immutable, inalterable, invariable, ironclad, unalterable, unchangeable, unmodifiable, unmovable

Related Words: strict; rigorous; established, set, settled; changeless, unchanging

Contrasted Words: adaptable, adjustable, alterable, changeable, mutable, variable

Antonyms: flexible

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Synonyms: TOUGH 3, hard-line, uncompromising, unyielding

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