Antonyms for amenable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uh-mee-nuh-buhl, uh-men-uh-

Phonetic Transcription : əˈmi nə bəl, əˈmɛn ə-

Definition of amenable

Origin : 1590s, "liable," from Anglo-French amenable, Middle French amener "answerable" (to the law), from à "to" (see ad-) + mener "to lead," from Latin minare "to drive (cattle) with shouts," variant of minari "threaten" (see menace (n.)). Sense of "tractable" is from 1803, from notion of disposed to answer or submit to influence. Related: Amenably.

adj willing, cooperative
adj able to be judged; responsible

Example sentences :

They will require a little wine, to mellow the austerity of age, and make them amenable to the laws.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Philip, finding her so amenable, tried to discuss their future plans.
Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster

They were amenable to no civil laws, and recognized none but those of the church.
Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou

To what extent this fish is amenable to the influences of temperature is an unsolved problem.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

Both these men were amenable to the influence of verbal suggestions.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

After all, what an amenable, unexacting sort of thing a blizzard was!
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

David, who was nothing if not amenable, cheerfully acceded to this arrangement.
Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller

If we break into the house and find nothing, we shall be amenable to the law.
Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford

They were amenable only to the Pope and to their own superiors.
Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude

A fortiori, then, was he not amenable to the censure of the House?
Extract from : « John Quincy Adams » by John. T. Morse

Synonyms for amenable

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