impliable

STRONGEST

rigid

WEAK

hard immalleable inelastic nonflexible set starched taut unbending

WEAK

bendable elastic flexible pliable pliant reasonable resilient soft willing yielding

STRONG

firm stiff

WEAK

hard rigid

STRONG

flexible soft

WEAK

manageable obedient

STRONGEST

arthritic creaky rigid solid stark tense thick tight wooden

STRONG

brittle buckram firm refractory rheumatic set

WEAK

annealed benumbed cemented chilled congealed contracted fixed frozen graceless hardened immalleable incompliant indurate inelastic jelled mechanical numbed ossified petrified resistant solidified starched starchy steely stiff as a board stony taut thickened unbending unflexible ungraceful unsupple unyielding

STRONGEST

bending flexible loose pliable slack soft

STRONG

indefinite supple

WEAK

pliant

STRONGEST

adamant determined hard-line hard-nosed immovable implacable inflexible intractable merciless obstinate relentless rigid ruthless single-minded staunch stubborn uncompromising unrelenting unwavering

WEAK

dead set on firm fixed hang-tough hard hard-core hardheaded headstrong immalleable inexorable locked-in mulish obdurate pertinacious pigheaded refractory solid stiff stiff-necked tough unbending uncompliant unmovable unswayable

STRONGEST

compassionate cooperative flexible giving irresolute kind merciful nice pliable pliant soft submissive sympathetic wavering weak willing yielding

WEAK

surrendering