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Definitions for Unbending
[1] not bending or curving; inflexible; rigid.
[2] refusing to yield or compromise; resolute.
[3] austere or formal; aloof.
[4] to straighten from a bent form or position.
[5] to release from the strain of formality, intense effort, etc.; relax: to unbend one's mind.
[6] to release from tension, as a bow.
[7] Nautical . to loose or untie, as a sail or rope. to unfasten from spars or stays, as sails.
[8] to relax the strictness of formality or ceremony; act in an easy, genial manner: Imagine him unbending!
[9] to become unbent; straighten.
[10] rigid or inflexible
[11] characterized by sternness or severity an unbending rule
[12] to release or be released from the restraints of formality and ceremony
[13] informal to relax (the mind) or (of the mind) to become relaxed
[14] to become or be made straightened out from an originally bent shape or position
[15] (tr) nautical to remove (a sail) from a stay, mast, yard, etc to untie (a rope, etc) or cast (a cable) loose
Words related to Unbending
firm, obstinate, reserved, crisp, aloof, distant, formal, hard-line, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, obdurate, relentless, resolute, severe, single-minded, stiff, strict
Words nearby Unbending
unbelievably, unbeliever, unbelieving, unbelt, unbend, unbending, unbent, unbiased, unbiblical, unbidden, unbind
Origin of Unbending
Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at un-2, bend1
Other words from Unbending
un·bend·ing·ly , adverb
un·bend·ing·ness , noun
un·bend·a·ble , adjective
Synonyms for Unbending
crisp, firm, obstinate, reserved, aloof, distant, do or die, dug in, formal, hard as nails, hard-line, hold one's ground, hold the fort, hold the line, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, locked in, obdurate, relentless, resolute, set in stone, severe, single-minded, standing one's ground, standing pat, sticking to one's guns, stiff, strict, stubborn, uncompromising, unflexible, unrelenting, unswayable, unyielding, uptight