Antonyms for pliant

Grammar : Adj

Spell : plahy-uhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈplaɪ ənt

Definition of pliant

Origin : late 14c., from Old French ploiant "bending, supple; compliant, fickle," as a noun, "turncoat" (13c.), present participle of ploier "to bend" (see ply (n.)). Figurative sense of "easily influenced" is from c.1400. Related: Pliancy.

adj yielding under influence
adj yielding under physical pressure
adj adaptable

Example sentences :

So slight, yet so round, so trim, yet so pliant—she was grace itself.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

The pileus is thin, pliant when fresh but somewhat brittle when dry.
Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard

Unhappily I am not a Greek woman, pliant to the whims of artists and voluptuaries.
Extract from : « King Candaules » by Thophile Gautier

Bend to the earth our pliant knees, And speak—but as our masters please?
Extract from : « The Liberty Minstrel » by George W. Clark

The atmosphere that surrounds us is so often treacherous to our pliant natures!
Extract from : « The Choice of Life » by Georgette Leblanc

Not merely tall, but pliant, elastic, and graceful in no ordinary degree.
Extract from : « Honor O'callaghan » by Mary Russell Mitford

Who flies me with pliant oars, flies overbounding the sea-depths?
Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus

And the people were pliant and willing under their restraints.
Extract from : « Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate » by Charles M. Skinner

He drew her close to him, with an arm about her pliant waist.
Extract from : « Mountain Blood » by Joseph Hergesheimer

The Eastern people are, to a certain extent, pliant and easily led.
Extract from : « India and the Indians » by Edward F. Elwin

Synonyms for pliant

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