yielding

[ yeel-ding ]
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adjective
  1. inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.

  2. tending to give way, especially under pressure; flexible; supple; pliable: a yielding mattress.

  1. (of a crop, soil, etc.) producing a yield; productive.

Origin of yielding

1
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English: “owing”; yield + -ing2

Other words from yielding

  • yield·ing·ly, adverb
  • yield·ing·ness, noun
  • non·yield·ing, adjective
  • un·yield·ing, adjective

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How to use yielding in a sentence

  • It is impossible to find an exact equivalent for this negative expression "non-yieldingness," "non-humility."

  • Whether the common dislike of children to water has anything to do with its soft yieldingness to touch I cannot say.

    Children's Ways | James Sully
  • His wife thanked him for his yieldingness and admired his self-control.

    Fair Haven and Foul Strand | August Strindberg
  • Blue eyes are more significant of tenderness and of a yieldingness of purpose than either brown, black, or grey eyes.

  • The meek and gentle he tempteth to a yieldingness unto the persuasions and will of erroneous and tempting persons.

British Dictionary definitions for yielding

yielding

/ (ˈjiːldɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. compliant, submissive, or flexible

  2. pliable or soft: a yielding material

Derived forms of yielding

  • yieldingly, adverb
  • yieldingness, noun

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