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English

Adjective

  1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous definition or demonstration.
  2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
  3. Violent.


Translations


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rigorous \Rig"or*ous\, a. [F. rigoureux, LL. rigorosus. See
Rigor.]
1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no
abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact;
strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigorous officer of
justice; a rigorous execution of law; a rigorous
definition or demonstration.
[1913 Webster]

He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock
With rigorous hands. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their
rigorous unity. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]

2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
[1913 Webster]

3. Violent. [Obs.] "Rigorous uproar." --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]

4. (Mathematics, Logic) Adhering scrupulously and exactly to
accepted principles; hence, logically valid; as, a
rigorous proof.
[PJC]

Syn: Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere;
stern; harsh; strict; exact.
[1913 Webster] -- Rig"or*ous*ly, adv. --
Rig"or*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet rigorous
adj 1: rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard;
"rigorous application of the law"; "a strict
vegetarian" [syn: strict]
2: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;
"rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety
measures" [syn: stringent, tight]
3: used of circumstances (especially weather) that cause
suffering; "brutal weather"; "northern winters can be
cruel"; "a cruel world"; "a harsh climate"; "a rigorous
climate"; "unkind winters" [syn: brutal, cruel, harsh,
unkind]
Moby Dictionary
Herculean , Siberian , abstruse , accurate , acid , acidulous , acrid ,
acrimonious , acute , adamant , adamantine , adverse , algid ,
antagonistic , arctic , arduous , ascetic , astringent , attentive ,
below zero , biting , bitter , bitterly cold , bleak , boreal , brisk ,
brumal , brutal , burdensome , cast-iron , caustic , close , cold ,
cold as charity , cold as death , cold as ice , cold as marble ,
complex , conflicting , conscientious , constant , contrary , correct ,
counter , counteractive , crisp , critical , cutting , delicate ,
demanding , detailed , detrimental , difficile , difficult , direct ,
double-edged , dour , draconian , drastic , edged , escharotic , even ,
exact , exacting , excessive , exigent , exorbitant , express ,
exquisite , extravagant , extreme , faithful , fierce , fine , finical ,
finicking , finicky , firm , flinty , formidable , freezing ,
freezing cold , frigid , fundamentalist , furious , fussy , gelid ,
glacial , great , grim , hairy , hard , hard-core , hard-earned ,
hard-fought , harmful , harsh , hibernal , hidebound , hiemal , hostile ,
hyperborean , ice-cold , ice-encrusted , icelike , icy , immoderate ,
immovable , immutable , implacable , impliable , in opposition ,
incisive , inclement , inelastic , inerrable , inerrant , inexorable ,
infallible , inflexible , inimical , intemperate , intense ,
intransigent , intricate , iron , ironbound , ironclad , ironhanded ,
irreconcilable , jawbreaking , keen , knotted , knotty , laborious ,
mathematical , mean , meticulous , micrometrically precise ,
microscopic , minute , miserable , mordacious , mordant , muscle-bound ,
narrow , nice , nipping , nippy , no picnic , not easy , numbing ,
obdurate , obstinate , onerous , operose , opposed , opposing , opposite ,
oppressive , orthodox , outrageous , particular , penetrating ,
piercing , pinching , pinpoint , poignant , precise , precisianistic ,
precisionistic , procrustean , proper , punctilious , punctual , purist ,
puristic , puritan , puritanic , raw , refined , relentless , religious ,
religiously exact , right , rigid , rigorist , rigoristic , rock-ribbed ,
rockbound , rough , rugged , scathing , scientific ,
scientifically exact , scrupulous , scrutinizing , set with thorns ,
severe , sharp , sinister , sleety , slushy , snappy , spiny , splitting ,
square , stabbing , steely , steep , stern , stiff , stinging ,
stone-cold , straightlaced , straitlaced , strenuous , stressful ,
strict , strident , stringent , stubborn , subtle , subzero ,
supercooled , tart , thorny , ticklish , toilsome , tough , trenchant ,
tricky , troublesome , troublous , trying , unaffected , unalterable ,
unbending , unchangeable , uncompromising , unconscionable ,
undeviating , unerring , unfavorable , ungiving , unmoved , unrelenting ,
untoward , unyielding , uphill , vehement , venomous , violent ,
virulent , vitriolic , wicked , winterbound , winterlike , wintery ,
wintry , wretched


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