Definitions for: Inflexible


[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"



Webster (1913) 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.

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

Antonyms: compromising, conciliatory, flexible, flexile

See Also: inelastic

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