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- Dictionarypliant/ˈplʌɪənt/
adjective
- 1. easily bent: "pliant willow stems"
- 2. easily influenced or directed; yielding: "a more pliant prime minister" Similar
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The meaning of PLIANT is pliable. How to use pliant in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Pliant.
PLIANT definition: 1. Pliant people are easily influenced or controlled by other people: 2. being able and willing to…. Learn more.
Pliant definition: bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable. See examples of PLIANT used in a sentence.
PLIANT meaning: 1. Pliant people are easily influenced or controlled by other people: 2. being able and willing to…. Learn more.
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out. “ pliant molten glass”. synonyms: ductile, malleable, pliable, tensile, tractile. formed. having or given a form or shape. adjective. capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking. “a pliant young tree”. synonyms: bendable, pliable, waxy.
A pliant person can be easily influenced and controlled by other people. She's proud and stubborn, you know, under that pliant exterior. Synonyms: impressionable , susceptible , manageable , adaptable More Synonyms of pliant
1. Easily bent or flexed; pliable. See Synonyms at malleable. 2. Easily altered or modified to fit conditions; adaptable: a pliant poetic form. 3. Yielding readily to influence or domination; compliant: a pliant colonial regime.