STIFFENING Antonyms

• movement that causes the formation of a curve

• the property of being bent or deflected

• the act of bending something

• a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson

• (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable

• (used of artifacts) easily bent

• (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

• attach the limber

• cause to become limber

• an occurrence of control or strength weakening

• the act of making something less tight

• capable of being influenced or formed

• capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

• able to adjust readily to different conditions

• capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking

• affording physical or mental rest

• the process of becoming softer

• having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

• gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease

• (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable

• (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

• make pliant and flexible

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the act of conceding or yielding

• inclined to yield to argument or influence or control

• lacking stiffness and giving way to pressure

• tending to give in or surrender or agree

• the act of flexing

• contract

• exhibit the strength of

• form a curve

• bend a joint

• cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form

• a two-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle used to pull a field gun or caisson

• (used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable

• (used of artifacts) easily bent

• (used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely

• attach the limber

• cause to become limber

• make loose or looser

• make less severe or strict

• become less severe or strict

• disentangle and raise the fibers of

• cause to become loose

• make less dense

• become loose or looser or less tight