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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024un•bend•ing /ʌnˈbɛndɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - not bending;
inflexible;
rigid. - refusing to give in, yield, or compromise:an unbending attitude during the negotiations.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024un•bend•ing (un ben′ding),USA pronunciation adj. - not bending or curving;
inflexible;
rigid. - refusing to yield or compromise;
resolute. - austere or formal;
aloof.
un•bend′ing•ly, adv. un•bend′ing•ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: unbending /ʌnˈbɛndɪŋ/ adj - rigid or inflexible
- characterized by sternness or severity: an unbending rule
unˈbendingly adv unˈbendingness n un•bend /ʌnˈbɛnd/USA pronunciation v., -bent, -bend•ing. - to (cause to) straighten from a bent form or position: [~ + object]to unbend the crooked bar.[no object]He slowly unbent after stooping.
- to become less formal;
relax:[no object]gradually unbent and even told a joke.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024un•bend (un bend′),USA pronunciation v., -bent or (Archaic) -bend•ed, -bend•ing. v.t. - to straighten from a bent form or position.
- to release from the strain of formality, intense effort, etc.;
relax:to unbend one's mind. - to release from tension, as a bow.
- [Naut.]
- Nauticalto loose or untie, as a sail or rope.
- Nauticalto unfasten from spars or stays, as sails.
v.i. - to relax the strictness of formality or ceremony;
act in an easy, genial manner:Imagine him unbending! - to become unbent;
straighten.
- 1200–50; Middle English; see un-2, bend1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: unbend /ʌnˈbɛnd/ vb ( -bends, -bending, -bent)- to release or be released from the restraints of formality and ceremony
- informal to relax (the mind) or (of the mind) to become relaxed
- to become or be made straightened out from an originally bent shape or position
- (transitive) to remove (a sail) from a stay, mast, yard, etc
- to untie (a rope, etc) or cast (a cable) loose
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