rigid

adj 1: incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of

metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace

guardsman stiff as a poker" [syn: {stiff}]

2: incapable of compromise or flexibility [syn: {strict}]

3: incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a

rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending

will to dominate" [syn: {inflexible}, {unbending}]

4: (aeronautics) designating an airship or dirigible having a

form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

[ant: {nonrigid}]

5: fixed and unmoving; "with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare";

"his bearded face already has a set hollow look"- Connor

Cruise O'Brien; "a face rigid with pain" [syn: {fixed}, {set}]