inflexible
adjectives
incapable of change
"a man of inflexible purpose"
is derived from
antonym
is similar to
impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
"he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
is similar to
tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated
"an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative"; "rock-ribbed republican"
is similar to
set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
"obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
is similar to
inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
"brassbound traditions"; "brassbound party loyalists"; "an ironclad rule"
not making concessions
"took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"
is derived from
resistant to being bent
"an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade";
is similar to
having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise
"he arrived accompanied by two muscle-bound body guards"
is similar to
incapable of or resistant to bending
"a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck"
incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
"a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"
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