Crossword clues for unbending
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unbend \Un*bend"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unbent; p. pr. & vb. n. Unbending.] [1st pref. un- + bend.]
To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.
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A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.
You do unbend your noble strength.
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(Naut.)
To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
To cast loose or untie, as a rope.
Unbending \Un*bend"ing\, a. [In senses 1, 2, and 3, pref. un- not + bending; in sense 4, properly p. pr. unbend.]
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Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.
Flies o'er unbending corn, and skims along the main.
--Pope. Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.
Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.
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Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [R.]
It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour.
--Rowe. [1913 Webster] -- Un*bend"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*bend"ing*ness, n.
Wiktionary
1 inflexible and not yielding 2 very reserved, aloof and antisocial n. The act of one who unbends. v
(present participle of unbend English)
WordNet
adj. incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" [syn: inflexible, rigid]
Usage examples of "unbending".
If the Portreeve of Usk had been enabled, by a Charter of King John, to burn alive in Porthycarne Street any persons to whose opinions he objected, I should be all in favour of a Limiting Clause: earnest Young Liberals, Unbending Young Conservatives, and a few other people being alone excepted from its benefits.
If his eyebrows were not so fierce and his nose not so determinedly patrician, he might be considered handsome, she supposed, but not with such an unbending, unconciliating manner.
Some of the vistas down long and unbending streets, or through side alleys and over bulbous domes, spires, and arabesqued roofs, were weird and beautiful beyond words.
The goblins and orcs who were closest to the charging barbarians, holding unbending faith in the words of their master, cheered at the coming of their promised allies.
A Northumberland Ballinger female could not possibly chain herself to such an old-fashioned, unbending man.
Never, even in the company of his dear friends at Netherfield, or his dignified relations at Rosings, had she seen him so desirous to please, so free from self-consequence, or unbending reserve as now, when no importance could result from the success of his endeavours, and when even the acquaintance of those to whom his attentions were addressed, would draw down the ridicule and censure of the ladies both of Netherfield and Rosings.
Courtiers parted as the two passed, watching with furrowed brows as the king broke his own unbending custom.
Lieutenant Griggs had been too unbending for Berry to warm up to him much, though she'd had no doubts of his devotion to duty.
Far beyond worrying about Sonya's presumption, she meant to be guided by the blonde girl's unbending determination to live free or die.
A rubber bullet, solid, unbending, six inches long, was fired into the crowd, and amid the screams there was a stampede away from the troops as tables and chairs were thrown aside to make way.
He was a man with stern, unbending beliefs rooted in the Work Ethic.