Unbending
[ʌn'bendɪŋ] or [,ʌn'bɛndɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbend
(a.) Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.
(a.) Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.
(a.) Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.
(a.) Devoted to relaxation or amusement.
Typist: Marietta
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Inflexible, unyielding, stiff, rigid, unpliant.
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Examples
- From the haughty and unbending nature of the Countess of Windsor, Idris had few tender filial associations with her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Moore glanced from one to the other without unbending his aspect. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Straight, unbending, phlegmatic as usual, she came on. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Indeed there may be generally observed in him an unbending, unyielding, brass-bound air, as if he were himself the bassoon of the human orchestra. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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