Yielding
Antonyms of YIELDING
- refusal, disagreement, brittle, fight, noncompliance, impoliteness, crisp, deny, dissension, insurgent, dense, nonconformist, undisciplined, resistant, resolute, uncompromising, counter, Unflexible, defiance, wrongheaded, resilient, protesting, determined, Indurated, unregenerate, dissident, refuse, defending, denial, obstinate, rigid, sound, fighting, disobedience, hard, dissent, withhold, nonconformity, disallow, disapprove, oppose, rebellion, prevent, veto, self-willed, substantial, compact, insubordination, wilful, reject, solid.
Examples of usage:
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Such an immense country is not only capable of yielding all the produce of Europe, but actually does produce by far the greater part of the raw materials. "Essays on the Constitution of the United States" by Paul Leicester Ford
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She paused When the young man ventured to raise his look, he saw the beautiful girl standing with a hand extended towards him, as if offering a pledge of amity; while the crimson on her cheek, and her yielding but half- averted eye, spoke with the eloquence of maiden modesty. "The Water-Witch or, The Skimmer of the Seas" by James Fenimore Cooper
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" I'll have a drink then, if you'll let me," he said, yielding. "The White Peacock" by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
