rigorous

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English

Alternative forms

• rigourous (non‐standard)

Adjective

rigorous (comparative more rigorous, superlative most rigorous)

1. Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigour; 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.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:meticulous

Antonyms

• capricious

Translations

Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate

• Dutch: rigoureus (nl)
• Finnish: ankara (fi)
• French: rigoureux (fr)
• German: streng (de)
• Latin: rigorosus (la) m

• Portuguese: rigoroso (pt)
• Russian: строгий (ru) (strógij), точный (ru) (tóčnyj)
• Spanish: riguroso (es)
• Turkish: dakik (tr), dikkatli (tr), özenli (tr), sıkı (tr), titiz (tr)

Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter

• Danish: intens (da)
• Dutch: rigoureus (nl)
• Finnish: ankara (fi)
• French: rigoureux (fr)
• German: rauh (de)

• Portuguese: rigoroso (pt)
• Russian: суровый (ru) (suróvyj)
• Spanish: riguroso (es)
• Turkish: sert (tr), şiddetli (tr)

Violent

• Dutch: rigoureus (nl)
• Finnish: ankara (fi)
• French: rigoureux (fr)

• German: kräftig (de), gewaltig (de)
• Turkish: şiddetli (tr)

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• Finnish: tiukkapipoinen slang (1)
• German: rigoros