rigidified
Became completely stiff
Rigidified is the past tense of rigidify—to make or become rigid.
Something rigidified has stiffened or lost flexibility: The plastic rigidified as it cooled.
The word often describes processes that were once fluid or adaptable: Over time, the organization's policies rigidified into bureaucratic obstacles.
Made firm, not fluid
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- stiffenedMade or became rigid
- setArrange in position
- calcifiedHardened by calcium deposits
ossified · petrified · fossilized · crystallized · congealed · indurated · cemented · coagulated
Solidified by extreme cold
- anchoredFixed securely in position
- fixedRestored or immovable
- rootedFirmly established in place
- securedMade fast or obtained
stuck · pinned · clamped · fastened · locked · moored · stationary · static
Restored or immovable
- embeddedSet firmly within something
- rootedFirmly established in place
- implantedInserted into tissue
- establishedFormally set up
ingrained · cemented · permanent · unchangeable · set · institutionalized · codified · formalized
Refusing to change position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
stubborn · dogmatic · adamant · unadaptable · strict · intractable · hidebound · doctrinaire
solidified
Made firm, not fluid
calcified · ossified · petrified · fossilized · crystallized · congealed · indurated · cemented · coagulated · gelled
frozen
Solidified by extreme cold
secured · stuck · pinned · clamped · fastened · locked · moored · stationary · static · immovable
fixed
Restored or immovable
established · ingrained · cemented · permanent · unchangeable · set · institutionalized · codified · formalized · systematized
unbending
Refusing to change position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
obstinate · stubborn · dogmatic · adamant · unadaptable · strict · intractable · hidebound · doctrinaire · unaccommodating
rigidifiedsoftened
Made less severe
loosened · plasticized · liquefied · melted · relaxed
rigidifiedloosened
Made less tight
relaxed · liberalized · deregulated · decentralized · opened up