Antonyms for supple
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : suhp-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌp əl |
Definition of supple
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French souple "pliant, flexible," from Gallo-Romance *supples, from Latin supplex (genitive supplicis) "submissive, humbly begging," literally "bending, kneeling down," thought to be an altered form of *supplacos "humbly pleading, appeasing," from sub "under" + placare "appease" (see placate).
- adj bendable
- I ought to be supple enough after the practice of these three days.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Year by year she grew, a brown-faced cherub, strong-limbed and supple.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- And never before had she seemed to him so supple and so strong.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Her wet garment outlined her supple figure and her high bosom.
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- I bent over to her rapidly and threw my arm around her supple waist.
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- He had the classic style, accurate, evenly balanced, and supple.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- How straight and supple she was, yet how dainty and slight withal!
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- While the limbs are still soft and supple they trail full length on the ground.
- Extract from : « The Sportsman » by Xenophon
- But since the day of the funeral her supple nature had unbent.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- And so on it goes, winding in among the tree-trunks, slender and supple as a young girl.
- Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
Synonyms for supple
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