Unbidden
[ʌn'bɪd(ə)n] or [ʌn'bɪdn]
Definition
(a.) Not bidden; not commanded.
(a.) Uninvited; as, unbidden guests.
(a.) Being without a prayer.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Unordered, uncommanded.[2]. Uninvited, unasked, unsolicited, unsought.
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Examples
- It was a softening employment, and she had to brush away the unbidden tears as Mrs. Thornton was announced. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- An unbidden suffusion for one moment both softened and brightened her eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There was no reply; so Mr. Pickwick sat down unbidden, and listened to the loud ticking of the clock and the murmured conversation of the clerks. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He filled himself unbidden, a third goblet of wine, and left the apartment without ceremony. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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