Synonyms for rigidity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rij-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɪdʒ ɪd |
Top 10 synonyms for rigidity
- adamancy
- die-hardism
- hardness
- implacability
- implacableness
- incompliance
- incompliancy
- indomitability
- inexorability
- inexorableness
- inflexibility
- inflexibleness
- intransigence
- intransigency
- mulishness
- obduracy
- obdurateness
- obstinacy
- perseverance
- pertinacity
- pigheadedness
- relentlessness
- remorselessness
- rigidness
- rigorousness
- sharpness
- sternness
- strictness
- stringency
- toughness
- unkindness
Définition of rigidity
Origin :- 1620s, from Latin rigiditas "stiffness," from rigidus (see rigid).
- noun severity
- noun stubbornness
- Cody's planes are noted for their neatness, rigidity and smoothness.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- Her face flushed; then it paled and hardened with the rigidity of self-control.
- Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
- The bristling mane, so thick and wolfish, fairly quivered in its rigidity.
- Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The famous—or notorious—de Barral had lost his rigidity now.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- In certain cases, however, the instinct loses its rigidity and automatism.
- Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
- But we can to a great extent ease the rigidity of its outlines.
- Extract from : « The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice » by Stephen Leacock
- Malo was a man of uncompromising honesty and rigidity of principles.
- Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson
- He lifted an arm and let it fall, after trying the rigidity of the muscles.
- Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
- The rigidity of her face and figure smote Lucy Ellen like a blow.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- The rigidity of the body showed that the crime had been committed some time before.
- Extract from : « A Royal Prisoner » by Pierre Souvestre
Antonyms for rigidity
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