Antonyms for unpliable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : plahy-uh-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈplaɪ ə bəl

Definition of unpliable

Origin : late 14c., from Old French ploiable "flexible, bendable," from plier "to bend" (see ply (n.)). Related: Pliably, pliability.

As in intractable/intransigent : adj difficult, stubborn
As in untoward : adj troublesome
As in intractable : adj difficult

Example sentences :

Her very lips were stiff and unpliable with the force of the blood which rushed to her head.
Extract from : « Ruth » by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

In vain, anxious to be let off, was I restrained in utterance—cold, unpliable.
Extract from : « Confession » by W. Gilmore Simms

How grotesque her features were, so hard and unpliable seemed her flesh.
Extract from : « The Land of Look Behind » by Paul Cameron Brown

They are clumsy to place, burdensome to carry, and stiff and unpliable to the chafing point.
Extract from : « Camp and Trail » by Stewart Edward White

Water-glass soaps do not dissolve readily in water, they make but little suds, and render the skin hard and unpliable.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 » by Various

All her life, as it seemed, she had been accustomed to mediate between these two unpliable and stubborn temperaments.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Synonyms for unpliable

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