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[ uhn-ben-ding ] / ʌnˈbɛn dɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unbending ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot bending or curving; inflexible; rigid. refusing to yield or compromise; resolute. austere or formal; aloof. Origin of unbendingFirst recorded in 1545–55; un-1 + bend1 + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM unbendingun·bend·ing·ly, adverbun·bend·ing·ness, nounWords nearby unbendingunbelievably, unbeliever, unbelieving, unbelt, unbend, unbending, unbent, unbiased, unbiblical, unbidden, unbind Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unbendingKoop, a man of the far right, was standing tall and unbending. C. Everett Koop: Pioneering Surgeon General Spurred Reagan Response to AIDS|Kent Sepkowitz|February 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST Ayalon himself told me in in October 2010 that zero-enrichment is an unbending Israeli red line. Who is Bibi preempting – Obama or Iran?|Trita Parsi|August 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST Now those positions are coming back to haunt him as Republican activists demand a candidate of unbending right-wing convictions. Why Mitt Romney Can’t Win|Peter Beinart|September 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST Washington, unbending in his role as the noblest republican of them all, administered a severe blow to imperial pride. Washington in Victory|Piers Brendon|October 10, 2008|DAILY BEAST
“The CO2 bottles were filled with an inflammable or an explosive gas,” said her father, unbending. Space Platform|Murray Leinster Miss Bradbury listened in a pleased silence that betrayed itself in her eyes, for her lips were unbending. Six Girls and Bob|Marion Ames Taggart And nailed there he was—by the long, jagged, rusty, and passingly strong iron of an unbending pride. A Veldt Official|Bertram Mitford Physical law—what tragic issues its stern, unbending course brings with terrific incidence on man! The Meaning of Faith|Harry Emerson Fosdick "Emmie has another name for it," said John Gano, also unbending. The Open Question|Elizabeth Robins
British Dictionary definitions for unbending
adjectiverigid or inflexible characterized by sternness or severityan unbending rule Derived forms of unbendingunbendingly, adverbunbendingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unbendingfirm, obstinate, reserved, crisp, aloof, distant, formal, hard-line, hold the line, incompliant, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, obdurate, relentless, resolute, severe, single-minded, stiff |