English-Thai Dictionary
rigorous
ADJ อย่างเข้มงวด อย่างเคร่งครัด harsh strict yang-kem-ngod
rigorous
ADJ อย่างแม่นยำ อย่างถูกต้อง exacting precise yang-mean-yam
rigorously
ADV อย่างเข้มงวด อย่าง ตายตัว อย่างแม่นยำ precise meticulous yang-kem-ngod
rigorousness
N ความเข้มงวด ความแม่นยำ rigor difficulty kwam-kem-ngod
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RIGOROUS
a. 1. Severe; allowing no abatement or mitigation; as a rigorous officer of justice.
2. Severe; exact; strict; without abatement or relaxation; as a rigorous execution of law; an enforcement of rigorous discipline.
3. Exact; strict; scrupulously accurate; as a rigorous definition or demonstration.
4. Severe; very cold; as a rigorous winter.
RIGOROUSLY
adv. 1. Severely; without relaxation, abatement or mitigation; as a sentence rigorously executed.
2. Strictly; exactly; with scrupulous nicety; rigidly.
The people would examine his works more vigorously than himself.
RIGOROUSNESS
n. 1. Severity without relaxation or mitigation; exactness.
2. Severity
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RIGOROUS
Rig "or *ous, a. Etym: [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. He shall be thrown down the Tarpeian Rock With rigorous hands. Shak. We do not connect the scattered phenomena into their rigorous unity. De Quincey.
2. Severe; intense; inclement; as, a rigorous winter.
3. Violent. [Obs. ] "Rigorous uproar. " Spenser.
Syn. -- Rigid; inflexible; unyielding; stiff; severe; austere; stern; harsh; strict; exact. -- Rig "or *ous *ly, adv. -- Rig "or *ous *ness, n.
New American Oxford Dictionary
rigorous
rig or ous |ˈrigərəs ˈrɪɡ (ə )rəs | ▶adjective extremely thorough, exhaustive, or accurate: the rigorous testing of consumer products. • (of a rule, system, etc. ) strictly applied or adhered to: rigorous controls on mergers. • (of a person ) adhering strictly or inflexibly to a belief, opinion, or way of doing something: a rigorous teetotaler. • harsh and demanding: my exercise regime is a little more rigorous than most | the rigorous climate in the regions of perpetual snow high in the Himalayas. DERIVATIVES rig or ous ly adverb, rig or ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French rigorous or late Latin rigorosus, from rigor ‘stiffness ’ (see rigor ).
Oxford Dictionary
rigorous
rigor |ous |ˈrɪg (ə )rəs | ▶adjective extremely thorough and careful: the rigorous testing of consumer products. • (of a rule, system, etc. ) strictly applied or adhered to: rigorous controls on mergers. • (of a person ) adhering strictly to a belief or system: a rigorous teetotaller. • harsh and demanding: many of the expedition had passed rigorous SAS courses. DERIVATIVES rigorously adverb, rigorousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French rigorous or late Latin rigorosus, from rigor ‘stiffness ’ (see rigor 1 ).
American Oxford Thesaurus
rigorous
rigorous adjective 1 rigorous attention to detail: meticulous, conscientious, punctilious, careful, diligent, attentive, scrupulous, painstaking, exact, precise, accurate, thorough, particular, strict, demanding, exacting; informal persnickety. ANTONYMS slapdash. 2 the rigorous enforcement of rules: strict, severe, stern, stringent, tough, harsh, rigid, relentless, unsparing, inflexible, draconian, intransigent, uncompromising, exacting. ANTONYMS lax. 3 rigorous yachting conditions: harsh, severe, bad, bleak, extreme, inclement; unpleasant, disagreeable, foul, nasty, filthy; stormy, wild, tempestuous. ANTONYMS gentle, mild.
Oxford Thesaurus
rigorous
rigorous adjective 1 their rigorous attention to detail paid off: meticulous, punctilious, conscientious, careful, diligent, attentive, ultra-careful, scrupulous, painstaking, exact, precise, accurate, correct, thorough, studious, exhaustive, mathematical, detailed, perfectionist, methodical, particular, religious, strict; fussy, fastidious, hair-splitting, finicky, finical, demanding, exacting, pedantic; informal nitpicking, pernickety; N. Amer. informal persnickety; archaic nice, overnice, laborious. ANTONYMS slapdash. 2 the rigorous enforcement of minor school rules: strict, severe, stern, stringent, austere, spartan, tough, hard, harsh, rigid, cruel, savage, relentless, unsparing, inflexible, authoritarian, despotic, draconian, intransigent, uncompromising, demanding, exacting. ANTONYMS lax. 3 rigorous yachting conditions: harsh, severe, bad, bleak, extreme, inclement; unpleasant, disagreeable, foul, nasty, filthy; stormy, blustery, squally, wild, tempestuous, storm-tossed, violent, heavy, heaving, raging, choppy, agitated. ANTONYMS gentle, mild.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
rigorous
rig or ous /rɪ́ɡ (ə )rəs /形容詞 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗厳しい , 厳格な , 厳重な 〈テスト 手順 人など 〉; 厳しい 〈気候など 〉 (!暑さに用いるのは ⦅廃 ⦆) ▸ rigorous standards 厳格な基準 2 厳密な , 正確な ▸ rigorous studies 厳密な研究 ~ly 副詞 厳しく ; 正確に .~ness 名詞