pliant 音标拼音: [pl'ɑɪənt]
a . 易曲折的,柔软的,柔顺的
易曲折的,柔软的,柔顺的
pliant adj 1 :
capable of being influenced or formed ; "
the plastic minds of children "; "
a pliant nature " [
synonym : {
plastic },
{
pliant }]
2 :
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out ; "
ductile copper "; "
malleable metals such as gold "; "
they soaked the leather to made it pliable "; "
pliant molten glass "; "
made of highly tensile steel alloy " [
synonym : {
ductile }, {
malleable },
{
pliable }, {
pliant }, {
tensile }, {
tractile }]
3 :
able to adjust readily to different conditions ; "
an adaptable person "; "
a flexible personality "; "
an elastic clause in a contract " [
synonym : {
elastic }, {
flexible }, {
pliable }, {
pliant }]
4 :
capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking ;
"
a flexible wire "; "
a pliant young tree " [
synonym : {
bendable },
{
pliable }, {
pliant }, {
waxy }]
Pliant \
Pli "
ant \,
a . [
F .
pliant ,
p .
pr .
of plier to bend .
See {
Ply },
v .]
1 .
Capable of plying or bending ;
readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking ;
flexible ;
pliable ;
lithe ;
limber ;
plastic ;
as ,
a pliant thread ;
pliant wax .
Also used figuratively :
Easily influenced for good or evil ;
tractable ;
as ,
a pliant heart .
[
1913 Webster ]
The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason . --
South .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Favorable to pliancy . [
R .] "
A pliant hour ." --
Shak . --
{
Pli "
ant *
ly },
adv . -- {
Pli "
ant *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "
pliant ":
accessible ,
acquiescent ,
adaptable ,
adaptive ,
adjustable ,
agreeable ,
alacritous ,
amenable ,
ardent ,
bendable ,
bending ,
biddable ,
complaisant ,
compliant ,
conformable ,
consenting ,
content ,
convenient ,
cooperative ,
disposed ,
docile ,
ductile ,
eager ,
elastic ,
enthusiastic ,
extensible ,
extensile ,
fabricable ,
facile ,
fain ,
favorable ,
favorably disposed ,
favorably inclined ,
feasible ,
fictile ,
flexible ,
flexile ,
flexuous ,
foolproof ,
formable ,
formative ,
forward ,
game ,
giving ,
handy ,
impressible ,
impressionable ,
in the mind ,
in the mood ,
inclined ,
influenceable ,
like putty ,
limber ,
lissome ,
lithe ,
lithesome ,
malleable ,
manageable ,
maneuverable ,
minded ,
moldable ,
movable ,
obedient ,
open ,
open -
minded ,
other -
directed ,
persuadable ,
persuasible ,
pervious ,
plastic ,
pliable ,
practical ,
predisposed ,
prompt ,
prone ,
quick ,
ready ,
ready and willing ,
receptive ,
responsive ,
sensitive ,
sequacious ,
shapable ,
spongy ,
springy ,
suasible ,
submissive ,
suggestible ,
supple ,
susceptible ,
swayable ,
tractable ,
tractile ,
unaustere ,
undemanding ,
unexacting ,
unharsh ,
unsevere ,
unstrict ,
untroublesome ,
weak ,
well -
disposed ,
well -
inclined ,
whippy ,
wieldable ,
wieldy ,
willed ,
willing ,
willinghearted ,
willowy ,
yielding ,
zealous
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