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• inflexible — I adjective adamant, cantankerous, changeless, contumacious, decided, determined, dogged, firm, fixed, hard, hardened, headstrong, immobile, immovable, immutable, impersuadible, impersuasible, indocile, indomitable, inelastic, inexorable,… …   Law dictionary

• inflexible — [adj1] stubborn adamant, adamantine, determined, dogged, dyed in the wool*, firm, fixed, hard, hard and fast*, immovable, immutable, implacable, indomitable, inexorable, intractable, iron, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, resolute, rigid,… …   New thesaurus

• Unbending — Un*bend ing, a. [In senses 1, 2, and 3, pref. un not + bending; in sense 4, properly p. pr. unbend.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; applied to material things. [1913 Webster] Flies o er… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• unbending — I adjective adamant, durus, firm, fixed, hard, immobile, immovable, implacable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, narrow minded, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, renitent, resistant, resolute, rigid, rigidus, stern, stiff, straight,… …   Law dictionary

• Inflexible — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• inflexible — late 14c., incapable of being bent, physically rigid, also figuratively, unbending in temper or purpose, from M.Fr. inflexible and directly from L. inflexibilis, from inflexus, pp. of inflectere (see INFLECT (Cf. inflect)). In early 15c. an… …   Etymology dictionary

• unbending — [adj] rigid, tough aloof, crisp, distant, do or die*, dug in*, firm, formal, hard as nails*, hard line*, hold one’s ground*, hold the fort*, hold the line*, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, locked in*, obdurate,… …   New thesaurus

• unbending — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ austere and inflexible …   English terms dictionary

• inflexible — inflexibility, inflexibleness, n. inflexibly, adv. /in flek seuh beuhl/, adj. 1. not flexible; incapable of or resistant to being bent; rigid: an inflexible steel rod. 2. of a rigid or unyielding temper, purpose, will, etc.; immovable: an… …   Universalium

• inflexible — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unbending, rigid, unyielding; firm, steadfast, stubborn; grim, stern. See hardness, resolution, inelasticity. Ant., flexible, pliant. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Stiff] Syn. rigid, hardened,… …   English dictionary for students

• inflexible — adjective 1) his inflexible attitude Syn: stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, intractable, intransigent, unbending, immovable, unaccommodating; hidebound, single minded, pigheaded, mulish, uncompromising, adamant, firm, resolute …   Thesaurus of popular words