Definitions for pliant

pliant pli·ant

Spelling: [plahy-uh nt]
IPA: /ˈplaɪ ənt/

Pliant is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in pliant (ailnpt).

Definitions for pliant

adjective

  1. bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:
  2. easily influenced; yielding to others; compliant:

Origin of pliant

1300-50; Middle English Old French, present participle of plier to ply2; see -ant

Examples for pliant

Not merely tall, but pliant, elastic, and graceful in no ordinary degree.

So slight, yet so round, so trim, yet so pliant—she was grace itself.

Unhappily I am not a Greek woman, pliant to the whims of artists and voluptuaries.

The ad reminds readers that there is no income tax in Texas, that the state has budget surpluses and “pliant labor laws.”

Who flies me with pliant oars, flies overbounding the sea-depths?

He called that pliant decision the biggest mistake of his presidency.

Bend to the earth our pliant knees, And speak—but as our masters please?

Bank bosses who refused were simply replaced with pliant sycophants.

The atmosphere that surrounds us is so often treacherous to our pliant natures!

The pileus is thin, pliant when fresh but somewhat brittle when dry.

Word Value for pliant
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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