pliant
/'plaiəbl/ Cách viết khác : (pliant) /'plaiənt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Physically flexible: Capable of being bent, flexed, or shaped without breaking; easily yielding to physical force.
- Adaptable in character or mind: Readily adjusting to different conditions or influences; easily influenced or persuaded.
- Compliant or yielding: Showing a willingness to agree with others or to conform.
Examples of Usage
- Physical Flexibility:
- The willow branches are pliant and can be woven into baskets.
- The leather becomes pliant when treated with oil.
- Adaptability or Influence:
- He has a pliant personality, easily fitting into new social groups.
- The committee was pliant and accepted the new proposal without much debate.
Advanced Usage
- In a metaphorical or psychological context: Describing a mind or attitude that is receptive and not rigid.
- A good student has a pliant mind, open to new concepts.
- In a descriptive or literary context: Used to describe something that moves or yields gracefully.
- The dancer's pliant movements captivated the audience.
Variants and Related Words
- Pliability (noun): The quality of being pliant.
- The pliability of the clay makes it perfect for sculpting.
- Pliantly (adverb): In a pliant manner.
- She nodded pliantly, agreeing to all their requests.
Synonyms
- Flexible: Capable of bending easily.
- Malleable: Able to be hammered or pressed into shape without breaking; easily influenced.
- Ductile: Able to be drawn out into a thin wire; pliable.
- Adaptable: Able to adjust to new conditions.
- Compliant: Inclined to agree with others or obey rules.
Antonyms
- Rigid: Unable to bend or be forced out of shape; inflexible.
- Inflexible: Unwilling to change or adapt.
- Stiff: Not easily bent or changed in shape.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "A pliant disposition": A character that is easily shaped or influenced.
- His pliant disposition made him popular but sometimes easily led.
- "Pliant as a reed": A simile emphasizing great physical flexibility or adaptability.
- In the strong wind, the young tree was as pliant as a reed.
Adjective
- capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking
- a flexible wire
- a pliant young tree
- able to adjust readily to different conditions
- an adaptable person
- a flexible personality
- an elastic clause in a contract
- 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
- capable of being influenced or formed
- the plastic minds of children
- a pliant nature