Download the app
educalingo
Search
How do we get a pantomime cow on set. Jeez, the rigours of satire.
Mel Smith

Meaning of "rigours" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF RIGOURS

rigours  [ˈrɪɡəz] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RIGOURS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rigours is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RIGOURS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rigours in the English dictionary

The definition of rigours in the dictionary is severe or cruel circumstances.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RIGOURS


aggers
ˈæɡəz
butterfingers
ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz
Diggers
ˈdɪɡəz
fishmonger´s
ˈfɪʃˌmʌŋɡəz
ironmonger´s
ˈaɪənˌmʌŋɡəz
preggers
ˈprɛɡəz
staggers
ˈstæɡəz
taggers
ˈtæɡəz
youngers
ˈjʌŋɡəz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RIGOURS

rigidity
rigidize
rigidly
rigidness
Rigil
Rigil Kent
rigmarole
rigol
rigor
rigor mortis
rigorism
rigorist
rigoristic
rigorous
rigorously
rigorousness
rigour
rigout
rigsdaler
rigwiddie

WORDS THAT END LIKE RIGOURS

after-hours
business hours
colours
concours
contours
favours
honours
hours
it never rains but it pours
of ours
of yours
office hours
opening hours
ours
Respectfully yours
the small hours
Tours
twenty-four hours
velours
yours

Synonyms and antonyms of rigours in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RIGOURS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rigours» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rigours

Translation of «rigours» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF RIGOURS

Find out the translation of rigours to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rigours from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rigours» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

严酷
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rigores
570 millions of speakers

English

rigours
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कठोरता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قسوة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

специально для работы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rigores
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কঠোরতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rigueurs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketegangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Unbilden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

厳しさ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

엄격
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rigors
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khắc nghiệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அதீத உயரங்களுக்கு பயணித்தும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अडचणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

titreme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rigore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dreszcze
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спеціально для роботи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

frisoane
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρίγη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pogings
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stelhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

påkjenningene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rigours

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGOURS»

The term «rigours» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.363 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
77
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «rigours» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of rigours
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «rigours».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RIGOURS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rigours» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rigours» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rigours

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «RIGOURS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rigours.
1
Mel Smith
How do we get a pantomime cow on set. Jeez, the rigours of satire.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RIGOURS»

Discover the use of rigours in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rigours and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The medical guide
Q. Have you been affected 'with slight shiverings (rigours) F Arc ijou feverish or thirsty ? Have you any pain in the head or chest? In rheumatism or cough, it is of great consequence to be acquainted with the state of the system ; for in case of ...
Richard Reece, 1828
2
A dictionary of practical medicine: Comprising general ...
After the rigours cease, a sense of chilliness often continues for some time, although the skin has become hot. These symptoms present various grades and modifications in the different types offerer; in some the feeling of cold is actually ...
James Copland, 1845
3
Dunglison's American medical library
He also maintains that the rigours are produced by, and proportionate to, the internal irritation. Now, admitting, for argument's sake, the two first propositions, what do we find to be the fact ? That in continued fever, where the irritation is greatest ...
Robley Dunglison, 1837
4
The Social History of Ideas in Quebec, 1760-1896
We are ready, and the rigours are not long in coming; those rigours provoke new excesses, which are immediately followed by new and more terrible rigours. And governments are thus made to go from rigours to rigours, and peoples from ...
Yvan Lamonde, 2013
5
The Lancet
37, who, 53 hours after delivery, was attacked with rigours, succeeded by abdominal tenderness, uterine swelling, and painful micturition; her bowels were confined ; pulse 102 ; lochia slightly .minished, but no factor described. She was  ...
‎1831
6
A Compendious system of midwifery
The appearances to which I allude may be divided, 1st, into those which affect the system at large ; as rigours and a number of what are denominated nervous symptoms; 2dly, into those which affect certain portions of the system independently ...
William Potts Dewees, 1853
7
Lectures on the theory and practice of physic: American ...
He also maintains that the rigours are produced by, and proportionate to, the internal irritation. Now, admitting, for argument's sake, the two first propositions, what do we find to be the fact ? That in continued fever, where the irritation is greatest ...
William Stokes, 1837
8
The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
By the time eight ounces were taken, the rigours ceased, and he expressed great surprise at the suddenness of the relief ; when twelve ounces were abstracted, he was free from all complaint, and his skin had a comfortable moist feel.
‎1829
9
Research in Art & Design Education: Issues and Exemplars
But, the art teacher who relies on educational connoisseurship for evaluation in education as envisaged by Eisner will be perhaps too little concerned with certain rigours of research, including the rigours of ethnographic research. As Eisner ...
Richard Hickman, 2008
10
A Dictionary of Practical Medicine: Comprising General ...
The rigours, and the still more severe manifestations of tremours or honors, are indications of the severity of the morbid impression, or of the cause of imitation on the nervous system, and more especially upon the spinal cord and nerves ...
James Copland, Charles Alfred Lee, 1859

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RIGOURS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rigours is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Special constables pass rigours of fitness test
THE next batch of hopefuls who hope to volunteer and work alongside Gwent Police's officers were put through their paces at a fitness course on Saturday. «South Wales Argus, Jul 15»
2
Weigh to go! Bantams winger Morais makes light of pre-season rigours
FILIPE Morais wants to show City fans that less can mean a whole lot more after putting his injury woes behind him. The Portuguese winger is at the lightest ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Jul 15»
3
Differently-abled can handle rigours of bureaucracy like anyone
Ira Singhal has become an inspirational story to many. A computer engineer with an MBA degree, this Delhi woman has created history by becoming the first ... «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
4
Girls may be better than boys at withstanding the rigours of online …
The amount of hours spent in front of a screen has been linked to poorer teenage bone health but only in boys and not girls, according to a study in the medical ... «Business Insider Australia, Jun 15»
5
Wiggins: Hour record rigours like childbirth
MULTIPLE Olympic and world champion Sir Bradley Wiggins insisted the rigours of smashing cycling's hour record were akin to childbirth after completing a ... «City A.M., Jun 15»
6
Photo captured rigours of 1960s policing in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Back in the 1960s, when Harry Surcon was a rookie police officer in Edmonton, he didn't have a cellphone or radio. He didn't have a cruiser, ... «Edmonton Journal, May 15»
7
Pan Am Games' uniforms recalled, shiny logo 'may not withstand the …
The shiny logo on the Joe Fresh-made polo shirts "may not withstand the rigours of the Games," Pan Am Games spokesperson Dayo Kefenstse told CTV Toronto ... «CTV News, May 15»
8
Thomas Molloy: Imperative that Sean Quinn faces the full rigours of …
MOST of us want to forget the financial crisis. We've felt angry and betrayed. Now we want to get on with life; replenish our own depleted finances and let the ... «Irish Independent, Apr 15»
9
Gulf families not prepped for rigours of IPO - Mishal Kanoo
“I don't think many families are actually prepared for the rigours of going public because it's very painful,” he said in an exclusive interview published in the ... «ArabianBusiness.com, Apr 15»
10
Hayden Paddon happy to be back in NZ after rigours of World Rally
After Swedish snow followed by Mexican gravel, Geraldine's Hayden Paddon is happy to be back on home soil. New Zealand's only World Rally Championship ... «Timaru Herald, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Rigours [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/rigours>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z