'Inflexible' definitions:
Definition of 'inflexible'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose" [ant: flexible]
adjective
Not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty" [syn: uncompromising, sturdy, inflexible] [ant: compromising, conciliatory, flexible]
adjective
Resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade"; [ant: flexible, flexile]
adjective
Definition of 'Inflexible'
From: GCIDE
- 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; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn. [1913 Webster]
- "Inflexibleas steel." --Miltom. [1913 Webster]
- A man of upright and inflexible temper . . . can overcome all private fear. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable. [1913 Webster]
- The nature of things is inflexible. --I. Watts.
- Syn: -- Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inflexible'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adamant,
- adamantine,
- at a standstill,
- cast-iron,
- certain,
- changeless,
- closed to,
- constant,
- determinate,
- determined,
- dogged,
- dour,
- dyed,
- established,
- fated,
- fateful,
- firm,
- fixed,
- flinty,
- frozen,
- fundamentalist,
- grim,
- hard,
- hard and fast,
- hard-core,
- hard-line,
- headstrong,
- hidebound,
- immobile,
- immotile,
- immotive,
- immovable,
- immutable,
- impersuadable,
- impersuasible,
- impervious,
- implacable,
- impliable,
- inalterable,
- indefeasible,
- indomitable,
- inductile,
- inelastic,
- ineluctable,
- inescapable,
- inevasible,
- inevitable,
- inexorable,
- inextensible,
- inextensile,
- inextensional,
- intractable,
- intractile,
- intransigent,
- invariable,
- invincible,
- iron,
- ironbound,
- ironclad,
- ironhanded,
- irreconcilable,
- irremovable,
- irresilient,
- irresistible,
- irrevocable,
- loyal,
- mulish,
- muscle-bound,
- necessary,
- nonelastic,
- nonstretchable,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- orthodox,
- pat,
- pigheaded,
- procrustean,
- purist,
- puristic,
- puritan,
- puritanic,
- refractory,
- relentless,
- resistless,
- resolute,
- resolved,
- rigid,
- rigorist,
- rigoristic,
- rigorous,
- rock-ribbed,
- rockbound,
- set,
- settled,
- severe,
- single-minded,
- sot,
- standpat,
- stationary,
- staunch,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- steely,
- stern,
- stiff,
- stony,
- straightlaced,
- straitlaced,
- strict,
- stubborn,
- sure,
- sure as death,
- sure as fate,
- true,
- unaccommodating,
- unadaptable,
- unaffected,
- unalterable,
- unamenable,
- unavoidable,
- unbending,
- unchangeable,
- unchanging,
- uncompliant,
- uncompromising,
- unconquerable,
- uncontrollable,
- undeflectable,
- unextendible,
- unextensible,
- unflappable,
- unflexible,
- ungiving,
- unimpressionable,
- uninfluenceable,
- unlimber,
- unmalleable,
- unmodifiable,
- unmovable,
- unmoved,
- unmoving,
- unpersuadable,
- unpliable,
- unpliant,
- unpreventable,
- unreceptive,
- unrelenting,
- unresponsive,
- unshakable,
- unshakeable,
- unshaken,
- unstoppable,
- unsuggestible,
- unsusceptible,
- unswayable,
- unswerving,
- untractable,
- unvaried,
- unvarying,
- unyielding