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Inflexibility

The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.

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Rigidity 76% connected

The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes…

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Rigidness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rigid.

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Inflexible 74% connected

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

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Inflexible 74% connected

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

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Uncompromising 74% connected

Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible.

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Uncompromising 74% connected

Not admitting of compromise; making no truce or concessions; obstinate; unyielding; inflexible.

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Inflexibleness 92% connected

The quality or state of being inflexible; inflexibility; rigidity; firmness.

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Rigidity 92% connected

The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes…

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Rigidness 92% connected

The quality or state of being rigid.

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Flexibility 94% connected

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…

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Flexibility 94% connected

The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or…

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Adaptability noun · 78% connection

Alt. of Adaptableness

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, capable, bent, changed, unyielding.
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Bent unknown · 78% connection

of Bend

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Beriberi noun · 78% connection

An acute disease occurring in India, characterized by multiple inflammatory changes in the nerves, producing great muscular debility,…

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Boisterous adjective · 78% connection

Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.

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Cadaveric adjective · 78% connection

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.

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Catatonia noun · 78% connection

a form of schizophrenia characterized by a tendency to remain in a fixed stuporous state for long periods; the catatonia may give way…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, capable, bent, changed, unyielding.
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Changeless adjective · 78% connection

That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose.

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Constancy noun · 78% connection

The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from change; stability; fixedness; immutability; as, the constancy of God…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, capable, bent, changed, unyielding.
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Contracture noun · 78% connection

A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, capable, bent, changed, unyielding.
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Face noun · 78% connection

The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surfa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, capable, bent, changed, unyielding.
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Firm superl. · 78% connection

Fixed; hence, closely compressed; compact; substantial; hard; solid; -- applied to the matter of bodies; as, firm flesh; firm muscles,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: inflexible, capable, bent, changed, unyielding.
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Flaccid adjective · 78% connection

Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle; flaccid f…

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Fortitude noun · 78% connection

Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.

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