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pliable

/ˈplaɪəbəl/

pliable adjective: soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.

Adjective

pliable (comparative more pliable, superlative most pliable)

  1. Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
    • You will find the clay perfectly pliable as long as it stays moist.
    Synonyms:
    lithy
  2. Easily persuaded; yielding to influence.

pliable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

pliable in Tamil

வளையத்தக்க

pliable in Urdu

لوچ دار

pliable in Bengali

নমনীয়, স্থিতিস্থাপক

pliable in Malayalam

വഴങ്ങുന്ന, ഉലയുന്ന, കീഴ്വഴക്കമുള്ള, വളയുന്ന
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pliable in Kannada
ಬಾಗುವ, ಮಣಿಯುವ, ಹೊಂದಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ, ತಿದ್ದಬಲ್ಲ

Examples of pliable in a sentence

  • To many, Dhimotiki was seen as a more pliable, more creative, variety than Katharevousa.
  • Some of the breads are thin and crisp, some are crackerlike, and some are soft and pliable.
  • The low-grade waste heat of their thermodynamically intense lifestyle will turn the crystalline icescape pliable and treacherous.

All 15 example sentences with pliable

Synonyms of pliable

Forms of pliable

comparativemore pliable
superlativemost pliable

Origin of pliable

From Middle French, from Old French ploiable, from ploiier (“to fold”). By surface analysis, ply + -able. Compare pliant.

Words formed from pliable

Words that rhyme with pliable

Questions about pliable

What does pliable mean?
Pliable means soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded.
What is pliable in Tamil?
Pliable in Tamil is வளையத்தக்க. See Pliable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pliable?
Pliable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pliable?
Pliable is pronounced /ˈplaɪəbəl/.

Words near pliable in the dictionary

  1. PLI
  2. pli caballin
  3. pli caballinid
  4. pliabilities
  5. pliability
  6. pliable
  7. pliableness
  8. pliably
  9. pliancies
  10. pliancy
  11. pliant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pliable (page history and authors); pliable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pliable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Pliable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pliable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pliable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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