Antonyms for malleable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mal-ee-uh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæl i ə bəl |
Definition of malleable
Origin :- late 14c., "capable of being shaped by hammering," from Middle French malleable and directly from Medieval Latin malleabilis, from malleare "to beat with a hammer," from Latin malleus "hammer" (see mallet). Figurative sense, of persons, "capable of being adapted" first recorded 1610s.
- adj pliable
- From it she judged him malleable now, that had been so stern and unyielding before.
- Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
- They were poor things, but they were malleable in his hands.
- Extract from : « The Worshippers » by Damon Francis Knight
- Everything was getting too near the end to be malleable any more.
- Extract from : « The Coast of Chance » by Esther Chamberlain
- Watt was not made of malleable stuff, and, besides, he was tied to his mission.
- Extract from : « James Watt » by Andrew Carnegie
- The creative energy of love demands an indetermined and malleable future.
- Extract from : « The Complex Vision » by John Cowper Powys
- It is very tough and malleable, and is easily cast, hammered, and polished.
- Extract from : « Popular Technology; Volume 2 » by Edward Hazen
- The one contains the malleable, and the other the brittle metals.
- Extract from : « The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World » by Thomas Wood
- Nickel is white, ductile and malleable, but of difficult fusion.
- Extract from : « The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World » by Thomas Wood
- It is of a reddish colour, malleable, ductile, and tenacious.
- Extract from : « The Silversmith's Handbook » by George E. Gee
- As a malleable metal, however, it stands next to it in this respect.
- Extract from : « The Silversmith's Handbook » by George E. Gee
Synonyms for malleable
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