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inflexível — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adamant adj Refusing to change one's mind or position; firmly determined.
  • inexorable adjective Impossible to stop or change once it's set in motion; unavoidable.
  • inflexible adj Unable to bend or be physically altered in shape.
  • stiff adjective Rigid; not easily bent or moved.

Senses

inflexível is used for these senses in English:

  • adamant (said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
  • inexorable Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. [from mid 16th c.]
  • stiff (of an, object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
  • stiff (figurative, of, _, policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.

adamant — full definition

  1. adj Refusing to change one's mind or position; firmly determined.
  2. noun A legendary stone or mineral once believed to be unbreakable, historically linked to diamond or lodestone.

inexorable — full definition

  1. adjective Impossible to stop or change once it's set in motion; unavoidable.
  2. adjective Not able to be persuaded or moved by pleading; unyielding.

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