Rigour — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of being valid and rigorous

something hard to endure

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹˈɪɡɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹˈɪɡə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹˈɪɡə/

2 syllables Say it as /ɹˈɪɡɚ/.

Examples

the asperity of northern winters
severity of character
the harshness of his punishment was inhuman

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

rigourousness grimness severity severeness hardship validity cogency inclemency hardness rigorousness harshness stiffness rigor asperity

Parts of Speech

noun	the quality of being valid and rigorous
noun	something hard to endure “the asperity of northern winters”
noun	excessive sternness “severity of character”

Word Forms

valid	adjective	well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force
rigorous	adjective	rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard
grim	adjective	not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
severe	adjective	intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
harsh	adjective	unpleasantly stern
inclement	adjective	used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy
hard	adjective	unfortunate or hard to bear

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Strenge

die Qualität, gültig und streng zu sein

🇫🇷French

rigueur

la qualité d'être valide et rigoureux

🇪🇸Spanish

rigor

la cualidad de ser válido y riguroso

🇮🇹Italian

rigore

la qualità di essere valido e rigoroso

🇳🇱Dutch

strengheid

de kwaliteit van valide en rigoureus zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

rigor

qualidade do que é válido e rigoroso

🇷🇺Russian

строгость

качество достоверности и строгости

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कठोरता

वैध और कठोर होने का गुण

🇧🇩Bengali

কঠোরতা

বৈধ এবং কঠোর হওয়ার গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

கடுமை

செல்லுபடியாகும் மற்றும் கடுமையானதாக இருக்கும் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

కఠినత

చెల్లుబాటు అయ్యే మరియు కఠినంగా ఉండే నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

कडकपणा

वैध आणि कठोर असण्याची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

કઠોરતા

માન્ય અને સખત હોવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಠಿಣತೆ

ಮಾನ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಕಠಿಣವಾಗಿರುವ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാഠിന്യം

സാധുതയുള്ളതും കർക്കശവുമായ നിലവാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਠੋਰਤਾ

ਵੈਧ ਅਤੇ ਸਖ਼ਤ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

سختی

درست اور سخت ہونے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

严格

有效和严谨的品质

🇯🇵Japanese

厳しさ

有効かつ厳格であるという性質

🇰🇷Korean

엄밀

타당하고 엄격한 품질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự nghiêm khắc

chất lượng hợp lệ và nghiêm ngặt

🇹🇭Thai

ความรุนแรง

คุณภาพของความถูกต้องและเข้มงวด

🇮🇩Indonesian

kekakuan

kualitas yang valid dan teliti

🇵🇭Filipino

mahigpit

ang kalidad ng pagiging wasto at mahigpit

🇲🇾Malay

ketegasan

kualiti yang sah dan ketat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الدقة

نوعية كونها صالحة وصارمة

🇮🇷Persian

سخت گیری

کیفیت معتبر و دقیق بودن

🇹🇷Turkish

titizlik

geçerli ve titiz olma kalitesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַקפָּדָה

האיכות של להיות תקף וקפדני

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