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un·bend·ing

(ŭn-bĕn′dĭng)

adj.

1. Not yielding; inflexible: an unbending will to dominate.

2. Aloof and often antisocial; extremely reserved: an unbending manner.

un·bend′ing·ly adv.

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unbending

(ʌnˈbɛndɪŋ)

adj

1. rigid or inflexible

2. characterized by sternness or severity: an unbending rule.

unˈbendingly adv

unˈbendingness n

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un•bend•ing

(ʌnˈbɛn dɪŋ)

adj.

1. not bending; inflexible; rigid.

2. refusing to yield or compromise; resolute.

3. austere or formal; aloof.

[1545–55]

un•bend′ing•ly, adv.

un•bend′ing•ness, n.

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Adj.

unbending - incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"

rigid, inflexible

unadaptable - not adaptable

unbending

adjective inflexible, strict, rigid, firm, tough, severe, stubborn, hardline, uncompromising, resolute, intractable, unyielding her unbending opposition to the old regime

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unbending

adjective

1. Not changing shape or bending:

inelastic, inflexible, rigid, stiff, unyielding.

2. Firmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will:

Idiom: stubborn as a mule.

3. Indicating or possessing determination, resolution, or persistence:

constant, determined, firm, resolute, steadfast, steady, stiff, tough, uncompromising, unflinching, unwavering, unyielding.

Translations

inflessibile

unbending

[ˈʌnˈbendɪŋ] ADJ → inflexible, rígido (fig) [person, attitude] → inflexible; (= strict) → estricto, severo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

unbending

[ˌʌnˈbɛndɪŋ] adj [person, attitude, character] → inflexible

unbending

adj person, attitude → unnachgiebig; determination → unbeugsam; commitment → unerschütterlich

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

unbending

[ʌnˈbɛndɪŋ] adj (fig) → inflessibile, rigido/a

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At worst, the reaction smacks of timidity and opportunism cloaked as stern headmaster-ish unbendingness in the cause of upholding decent schoolboy conduct.

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Then at last I stand by my own stubborn guns, for somewhere in me is the last unbendingness which must have its way." And when I laughed and said I had written something of this sort in my paper, and spoke of Grant as of similar habit, he assented, "Yes, I have heard it of Grant, too--and how much it explains which would otherwise be inexplicable!" (WWC, 7:253)

"Average-representing Grant": Whitman's General

"What struck people's minds above all else," Livy, the great Roman, wrote in his History on Brutus' sacrifice of his own sons for the good of the Republic, "is that his function as consul imposed on the father the task of punishing his sons, and that his unbendingness compelled him personally to order the execution, the very sight of which was not spared him." In Guerin's rendering of the scene, the hero turns away but does not blanch.