unpliable
Resistant to bending
Unpliable means not easily bent, folded, or shaped—rigid or inflexible.
The word applies to materials that resist manipulation: The leather had dried out and become unpliable.
Figuratively, an unpliable person refuses to yield or adapt: His unpliable stance made negotiation impossible.
Not easily bent
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- brittleLiable to shatter
inelastic · unyielding · solid · immovable · fixed · petrified · calcified · stiffened
Unable to bend
- rigidUnable to bend
- unaccommodatingUnwilling to help others
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
- unmodifiableCannot be altered
fixed · set · entrenched · hidebound · unamenable · immutable · unalterable · unwavering
Firmly refusing to yield
- intractableImpossible to manage
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
bullheaded · adamant · obdurate · mulish · recalcitrant · uncooperative · defiant · pigheaded
stiff
Not easily bent
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
brittle · inelastic · unyielding · solid · immovable · fixed · petrified · calcified · stiffened · frozen
inflexible
Unable to bend
- rigidUnable to bend
- unaccommodatingUnwilling to help others
- unchangeableImpossible to modify
unmodifiable · fixed · set · entrenched · hidebound · unamenable · immutable · unalterable · unwavering · steadfast
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- intractableImpossible to manage
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
intransigent · bullheaded · adamant · obdurate · mulish · recalcitrant · uncooperative · defiant · pigheaded · dogged
display, supply, multiply, pliable, compliance, pliant, compliant, complicate, replicate