yieldingadjective
uk/ˈjiːl.dɪŋ/us/ˈjiːl.dɪŋ/formalyielding adjective (SOFT)
Soft substances or qualities that are yielding can bend:
a yielding mire of wet leaves
yielding flesh/softness
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Flexible, loose and yielding
- adrift
- bendable
- bendy
- ductile
- elastic
- flowing
- jointed
- loose
- loose-fitting
- loosely
- looseness
- plastic
- slackness
- spring
- springy
- sprung
- stretch
- stretchy
- supple
- yield
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yielding adjective (PERSON)
A yielding person can change the way they normally behave or deal with situations when it is helpful or necessary.
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Obedient and compliant
- accordance
- acquiescent
- adherence
- answer to sb
- be (like) sheep idiom
- clean
- clean up your act idiom
- compliant
- creature
- dutiful
- easy
- follower
- I'm easy idiom
- obedience
- sheep
- slavish
- slavishly
- subservient
- tie
- tied to your mother's/wife's apron strings idiom
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