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Antonyms for inflexible
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-flek-suh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈflɛk sə bəl |
Definition of inflexible
Origin :- late 14c., "incapable of being bent, physically rigid," also figuratively, "unbending in temper or purpose," from Middle French inflexible and directly from Latin inflexibilis, from inflexus, past participle of inflectere (see inflect). In early 15c. an identical word had an opposite sense, "capable of being swayed or moved," from in- "in, on." Related: Inflexibly.
- adj stubborn
- adj hardened, stiff
- The young girl shrank from the effort, but the elder lady was inflexible.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Kirkwood smiled grimly, with a face of brass, impenetrable, inflexible.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- The baron was inflexible in his resolution not to let Matilda leave the castle.
- Extract from : « Maid Marian » by Thomas Love Peacock
- The worse he grew, the more rigid and inflexible he became in his determination.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- I was inflexible; I wouldn't let one of the Morgans into my house.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 » by Various
- Their countenances are for the most inflexible, stern and immovable.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- Those of the Inflexible and Invincible were of the 12-inch type.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- Meanwhile the duel between the Gneisenau and Inflexible had been going on.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- A stern and inflexible man was that von Moltke, a terrible man to deal with!
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- With his neck imprisoned in the inflexible linen, he dared not turn his head.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for inflexible
- adamant
- adamantine
- determined
- dogged
- dyed-in-the-wool
- firm
- fixed
- hard
- hard-and-fast
- immalleable
- immovable
- immutable
- implacable
- impliable
- indomitable
- inelastic
- inexorable
- intractable
- iron
- nonflexible
- obdurate
- obstinate
- relentless
- resolute
- rigid
- rigorous
- set
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- stand one's ground
- starched
- staunch
- steadfast
- steely
- stiff
- strict
- stringent
- taut
- unadaptable
- unbending
- unchangeable
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
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