adj
Meaning 1
inflexible and not yielding
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unbending
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adj
Meaning 2
very reserved, aloof and asocial
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: remote, standoffish, aloof, cool, distant, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, offish, quiet, strange, thorny, touch-me-not-ish, unapproachable, unbending, undemonstrative, unimpressionable, uninvolved
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noun
Meaning 3
The act of one who unbends.
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verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of unbend
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a rigid disciplinarian
- an inflexible law
- an unbending will to dominate
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inflexible, rigid
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From un- + bending.
From unbend + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: твърд (tvǎrd) — inflexible
- Bulgarian: несгъваем (nesgǎvaem) — inflexible
- Dutch: onbuigzaam — inflexible
- Esperanto: nefleksiĝa — inflexible
- Finnish: taipumaton — inflexible
- French: inflexible — inflexible
- German: unbeugsam — inflexible
- German: unnachgiebig — inflexible
- Ancient Greek: ἄκαμπτος (ákamptos) — inflexible
- Italian: inflessibile — inflexible
- Latin: rigens — inflexible
- Māori: torotika — inflexible
- Plautdietsch: stiew — inflexible
- Polish: nieugięty — inflexible