unbowed
/ʌnˈbaʊd
/adjective
Not having submitted to pressure or demands: they are unbowed by centuries of colonial rule...
- For a man who has been criticised vociferously over the past few months, he looks supremely unbowed.
- The only man to retire from the punishing demands of the heavyweight category unbowed by defeat in any fight was Rocky Marciano.
- At the start, Casey stands feet astride, ready to take on all comers; by the end she is the walking wounded - bruised, battered and yet triumphantly unbowed.
Rhymes
- practical nursing
- practical politician
- practical politics
- practical theology
- practicant
- practice
- practiceable
- practice court
- practice curve
- practiced
- practice makes perfect
- practice note
- practice pad
- practice range
- practice tee
- practice wicket
- practician
- practicism
- practico-inert
- practicum
- practisable
- practise
- practised
- practiser
- practise what one preaches