"unbending" meaning in English

See unbending in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-uk-unbending.ogg [UK] Forms: more unbending [comparative], most unbending [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ Etymology: un- + bending Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|bending}} un- + bending Head templates: {{en-adj}} unbending (comparative more unbending, superlative most unbending)
  1. inflexible and not yielding Translations (inflexible): ἄκαμπτος (ákamptos) (Ancient Greek), твърд (tvǎrd) (Bulgarian), несгъваем (nesgǎvaem) (Bulgarian), onbuigzaam (Dutch), taipumaton (Finnish), inflexible (French), unbeugsam (German), unnachgiebig (German), rigens (Latin), torotika (Maori), stiew (Plautdietsch), nieugięty (Polish)
    Sense id: en-unbending-en-adj-TmMye0hz Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'inflexible': 91 9
  2. very reserved, aloof and asocial
    Sense id: en-unbending-en-adj-e4j-CQAE Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: en-uk-unbending.ogg [UK] Forms: unbendings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ Etymology: unbend + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|unbend|ing}} unbend + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun}} unbending (plural unbendings)
  1. The act of one who unbends.
    Sense id: en-unbending-en-noun-i1c1QVId
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Audio: en-uk-unbending.ogg [UK]
Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ Etymology: unbend + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|unbend|ing}} unbend + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} unbending
  1. present participle and gerund of unbend Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: unbend
    Sense id: en-unbending-en-verb-gq9bCInj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 27 66 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 6 25 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 11 8 21 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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