Antonyms for yielding

Grammar : Adj

Spell : yeel-ding

Phonetic Transcription : ˈyil dɪŋ

Definition of yielding

Origin : Old English gield "payment, sum of money" (see yield (v.)); extended sense of "production" (as of crops) is first attested mid-15c. Earliest English sense survives in financial "yield from investments."

adj accommodating
adj soft, flexible

Example sentences :

One of the most delightful things about temptation is yielding now and then.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

But day followed day, and still they waited in vain for any sign of yielding.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

All at once an impulse of yielding which was really freedom came to her.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

Locke, yielding to the prejudices of the time, took the same ground.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

Peppajee eyed him comprehendingly, but there was no yielding in his brown, wrinkled face.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Far and wide lay a ruined country, yielding nothing but desolation.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

I am afraid of breaking off everything, or of yielding everything.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

The substance of the wall seemed as permeable and yielding as light.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

His ax swung up and down, bit into something soft and yielding.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

Anger gave way to despair, decision to weakness and yielding.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for yielding

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