supple

a. தொய்வுடைய, எளிதில் வளைக்கக்கூடிய, குழைவான, நினைத்தபடி மாற்றக்கூடிய, பணிவிணக்கப் பண்புள்ள, வௌதப்படை எதிர்ப்புச் செய்யாத, உள்ளுறுதியற்ற, பணிந்து தப்பிப்பிழைத்துப்போகிற, கெஞ்சிப் பசப்புகிற, (வினை.) நெகிழ்வுடையதாக வளர், குழைவுடையதாக்கு.

Synonyms

pliant bending yielding flexible elastic servile fawning cringing adulatory sycophantic lithe limber compliant

Antonyms

firm unbending unyielding stiff stubborn inflexible inelastic independent self-assertive supercilious

Sup"ple, a. Etym: [OE. souple, F. souple, from L. supplex suppliant, perhaps originally, being the knees. Cf. Supplicate.] 1. Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers. 2. Yielding compliant; not obstinate; submissive to guidance; as, a supple horse. If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. Locke. 3. Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious. Addison. Syn. -- Pliant; flexible; yielding; compliant; bending; flattering; fawning; soft. Sup"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppled; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppling.] 1. To make soft and pliant; to render flexible; as, to supple leather. The flesh therewith she suppled and did steep. Spenser. 2. To make compliant, submissive, or obedient. A mother persisting till she had bent her daughter's mind and suppled her will. Locke. They should supple our stiff willfulness. Barrow. Sup"ple, v. i. Defn: To become soft and pliant. The stones . . . Suppled into softness as they fell. Dryden.

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