Antonyms of adj malleable

2 senses of malleable

Sense 1
ductile, malleable -- (easily influenced)

INDIRECT (VIA tractable) -> intractable -- (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal")

Sense 2
ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile -- (capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy")

INDIRECT (VIA formed) -> unformed -- (not having form or shape; "unformed clay")

Similarity of adj malleable

2 senses of malleable

Sense 1
ductile, malleable -- (easily influenced)
       => tractable (vs. intractable), manipulable -- (easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler)

Sense 2
ductile, malleable, pliable, pliant, tensile, tractile -- (capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out; "ductile copper"; "malleable metals such as gold"; "they soaked the leather to made it pliable"; "pliant molten glass"; "made of highly tensile steel alloy")
       => formed (vs. unformed) -- (having or given a form or shape)

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