impliable

rigid

hard immalleable inelastic nonflexible set starched taut unbending

bendable elastic flexible pliable pliant reasonable resilient soft willing yielding

firm stiff

hard rigid

flexible soft

manageable obedient

arthritic creaky rigid solid stark tense thick tight wooden

brittle buckram firm refractory rheumatic set

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

bending flexible loose pliable slack soft

indefinite supple

pliant

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

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

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

surrendering