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View synonyms for unbending

unbending

[ uhn-ben-ding ]

adjective

  1. not bending or curving; inflexible; rigid.
  2. refusing to yield or compromise; resolute.
  3. austere or formal; aloof.


unbending

/ ʌnˈbɛndɪŋ /

adjective

  1. rigid or inflexible
  2. characterized by sternness or severity

    an unbending rule

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Derived Forms

  • unˈbendingly, adverb
  • unˈbendingness, noun
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Other Words From

  • un·bending·ly adverb
  • un·bending·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unbending1

First recorded in 1545–55; un- 1 + bend 1( def ) + -ing 2( def )
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Example Sentences

Koop, a man of the far right, was standing tall and unbending.

Ayalon himself told me in in October 2010 that zero-enrichment is an unbending Israeli red line.

Now those positions are coming back to haunt him as Republican activists demand a candidate of unbending right-wing convictions.

Washington, unbending in his role as the noblest republican of them all, administered a severe blow to imperial pride.

In his own opinion no better agent could have been found in the rle of a stern, unbending republican and fiery Jacobin.

There were no holidays in the term Joan had set for herself, no unbending, no relaxation from her books.

He was unbending, hard, and lucid only when he spoke on some detail of business, or on some point of policy.

Dumiger and Marguerite stood side by side, alarmed, but still unbending; and yet the man who spoke to them was of great power.

As no one suffered inconvenience at his attitude, however, Shan Tien's expression assumed a more unbending cast.

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