English-Thai Dictionary

unbending

ADJ ซึ่ง ดื้อด้าน  ซึ่ง ไม่ อ่อน  ซึ่ง กระด้าง  ซึ่ง ไม่ หย่อน  sueng-due-dan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNBENDING

ppr. 1. Relaxing from any strain; remitting; taking from their yards, etc. , as sails.
2. a. Not suffering flexure.
3. Unyielding; resolute; inflexible; applied to persons.
4. Unyielding; inflexible; firm; applied to things; as unbending truth.
5. Devoted to relaxation.
I hope it may entertain your lordship at an unbending hour.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNBENDING

Un *bend "ing, a. Etym: [In senses 1, 2, and 3, pref. un- not +bending; in sense 4, properly p. pr. unbend. ]

 

1. 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.

 

2. Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.

 

3. Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.

 

4. Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [R.] It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour. Rowe. -- Un *bend "ing *ly, adv. -- Un *bend "ing *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unbending

un bend ing |ˌənˈbendiNG ˌənˈbɛndɪŋ | ▶adjective strict and austere in one's behavior or attitudes: they were unbending in their demands | his unbending iron will. DERIVATIVES un bend ing ly adverb, un bend ing ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

unbending

un |bend |ing |ʌnˈbɛndɪŋ | ▶adjective reserved, formal, or strict in one's behaviour or attitudes; austere and inflexible. DERIVATIVES unbendingly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

unbending

unbending adjective she resented the demands of her unbending father: inflexible, rigid, strict, austere, stern, tough, firm, uncompromising, unyielding, hard line, resolute, determined, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable, intransigent, immovable; unfeeling, unemotional, stiff, forbidding, unfriendly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

unbending

unbending adjective 1 the giraffe moves towards me on unbending legs: stiff, rigid, inflexible, unpliable, inelastic, unmalleable; straight, undeviating, linear, unswerving, uncurving, as straight as an arrow. ANTONYMS flexible. 2 an unbending and somewhat formal man: aloof, formal, stiff, reserved, remote, distant, forbidding, stand-offish, strait-laced, conventional, stuffy, cool, unfeeling, unemotional, unfriendly, austere; informal uptight. ANTONYMS relaxed, informal. 3 the unbending attitudes of the authorities: uncompromising, inflexible, unyielding, unfaltering, unwavering, hard-line, tough, harsh, strict, stern, severe, firm, resolute, determined, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable, intransigent, immovable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

unbending

ù n b é nd ing 形容詞 〈意見などが 〉変わらない ; 頑固な (rigid ), かたくなな .