Associations to the word «Pliable»

Wiktionary

PLIABLE, adjective. Soft, flexible, easily bent, formed, shaped, or molded

Dictionary definition

PLIABLE, adjective. Susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of people ripe for propaganda".
PLIABLE, adjective. 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".
PLIABLE, adjective. Able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a contract".
PLIABLE, adjective. Capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking; "a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn