dentable

Susceptible to dents

Dentable describes something that can be dented—marked with a depression from impact or pressure.

The word applies to materials soft or thin enough to show damage: The aluminum siding is highly dentable.

Dentable is uncommon; most people would say dents easily instead.

malleable

soft

Yielding to touch

workable · ductile · formable · lightweight · flexible · hammerable · impressionable · moldable · plastic · giving

impact

ding

Small surface imperfection

distortion · crumple · bend · nick · gouge · scratch · collision · hit · strike · compress

material

aluminum

Element thirteen

brass · steel · chrome · bodywork · fender · bumper · panel · hood · door · siding

Opposites
susceptibility to denting

dentableundentable

Cannot be dented

impervious · indestructible · reinforced · armored · hardened

structural resilience

dentableindestructible

Impossible to damage permanently

unbreakable · impenetrable · invulnerable · rigid · unyielding

Family

indentable, undentable

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G