fɪkst ɪnˈflɛksəbl̩ ˈɹɪdʒɪd stɪf stɹɪkt 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 designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances a rigid disciplinarian an inflexible law an unbending will to dominate fixed and unmoving with eyes set in a fixed glassy stare his bearded face already has a set hollow look a face rigid with pain incapable of compromise or flexibility