Meaning & use
yielding
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readily giving way under pressure; flexible, compliant, or submissive.
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The mattress has a soft, yielding surface that molds to your body.
He was not a yielding negotiator and refused to compromise on price.
A note on using this word
Yielding can describe physical softness, as in a yielding cushion, or a person's willingness to give in during a disagreement.
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Words with an opposite meaning
unyieldingfirm
Another way to use it
2. verb
to produce or provide a result, profit, or crop
The field yielded a poor harvest this year.
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