Synonyms for unbendable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-bend

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈbɛnd

Top 10 synonyms for unbendable

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Définition of unbendable

Origin : "to relax a bow by unstringing it," mid-13c., from un- (2) + bend (v.). Figurative meaning "to become genial, relax" (1748) has a sense opposite to that of unbending "inflexible, obstinate" (1680s), which does not derive from the bowstringing image.

adj stubborn

Example sentences :

I can never reach her; my old bones are too stiff and unbendable.
Extract from : « Fairy Tales from the German Forests » by Margaret Arndt

He framed the threshold and curiously eyed this unbendable man.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Kathlyn » by Harold MacGrath

It needed the strength of a bullock to accomplish the deed: that, or the strength which comes from unbendable human will.
Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Against this glowing background her slim, erect figure, stiff with unbendable pride, stood out in vivid relief.
Extract from : « Petticoat Rule » by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

But you needn't put your back up, Mr. Unbendable, and think you were forced on them.
Extract from : « The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him » by Paul Leicester Ford

This latter feature Markham had to learn, for when morning broke, a single toe and all of one hand were swollen and unbendable.
Extract from : « The Wolf's Long Howl » by Stanley Waterloo

Was there, after all, an obstinate, unbendable back-bone under the soft feathers of this his nestling dove?
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 » by Various

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