Synonyms for unbend
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uhn-bend |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈbɛnd |
Top 10 synonyms for unbend Other synonyms for the word unbend
- accommodate
- accord
- acquiesce
- act beneath oneself
- agree
- align
- arrange
- be at ease
- be comfortable
- be courteous
- become liquid
- become soft
- bend
- breathe easy
- calm down
- collect oneself
- come down off high horse
- comply
- compose
- compose oneself
- concede
- cool off
- correct
- debase oneself
- degrade oneself
- deliquesce
- demean oneself
- descend
- disentangle
- display
- doze
- dream
- drowse
- ease off
- ease up
- even
- expand
- extend
- fan
- fan out
- favor
- feel at home
- flatten
- flow
- flux
- free
- fuse
- grant
- hang loose
- high hat
- idle
- knock off
- laze
- let down
- let oneself go
- let up
- level
- lie by
- lie still
- liquefy
- loaf
- loll
- loose
- lounge
- lower oneself
- make oneself at home
- make plumb
- make straight
- mollify
- nap
- neaten
- nod
- oblige
- open
- open up
- order
- outspread
- outstretch
- patronize
- put feet up
- put in order
- put one's feet up
- put perpendicular
- put straight
- put to rights
- put upright
- put vertical
- ravel
- recline
- rectify
- reel out
- refresh oneself
- relax
- release
- relent
- repose
- resort
- rest
- run
- see fit
- separate
- set to rights
- settle back
- shake out
- simmer down
- sink
- sit around
- sit back
- sit down
- slack
- slack off
- slacken
- slumber
- smarten up
- snooze
- soften
- spell
- spread
- spruce up
- stop work
- straighten
- stretch out
- submit
- take a break
- take a breather
- take a nap
- take five
- take it easy
- take life easy
- take one's time
- take ten
- take time out
- talk down to
- thaw
- tidy
- toss a few crumbs
- tranquilize
- unbend
- uncoil
- uncrease
- uncurl
- undo
- unfold
- unfurl
- unlax
- unravel
- unreel
- unroll
- unsnarl
- untwine
- untwist
- unwind
- unwrap
- vouchsafe
- warm up
- wind down
- yield
Définition of unbend
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.
- As in relax : verb be or feel at ease
- As in rest : verb be calm; sleep
- As in stoop : verb condescend; lower oneself to another
- As in straighten : verb put in neat or aligned order
- As in thaw : verb unfreeze, warm
- As in unfold : verb spread out
- As in unwind : verb undo, untangle
- As in condescend : verb stoop, humble oneself
- They felt they must unbend after the severe mental tension of the morning.
- Extract from : « The Kentucky Ranger » by Edward T. Curnick
- And be it remembered that our dear Doctor could unbend—that is, in fitting time and place.
- Extract from : « The Dew of Their Youth » by S. R. Crockett
- We had first to unreeve all the ropes, and unbend all the sails.
- Extract from : « Peter Trawl » by W. H. G. Kingston
- They had never before seen him unbend to anybody as he did to George.
- Extract from : « George at the Fort » by Harry Castlemon
- Dolly did not join in her mother's laugh nor unbend in the least.
- Extract from : « The Marriage of Elinor » by Margaret Oliphant
- She could relax and unbend again; she was safe from his cyclones.
- Extract from : « The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig » by David Graham Phillips
- Margaret tried to laugh a little, with a lingering hope that he might unbend.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by Francis Marion Crawford
- It was not to be expected that such a man as he should unbend as the reverend chairman did.
- Extract from : « Salem Chapel, v.1/2 » by Mrs. Oliphant
- How can I unbend him so he will be limber as he was this afternoon.
- Extract from : « The Camp Fire Girls on a Yacht » by Margaret Love Sanderson
- His duty was over, the great ship was in the harbor, and he could afford to unbend a little.
- Extract from : « My Life » by Josiah Flynt
Antonyms for unbend
- abridge
- activate
- agitate
- be active
- bend
- block
- carry out
- check
- close
- coagulate
- conceal
- contract
- contradict
- cover
- curve
- decline
- deny
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- disarrange
- disobey
- disorder
- disorganize
- disperse
- dispute
- dissent
- do
- energize
- excite
- fight
- fold
- freeze
- grow
- hide
- hinder
- hold
- increase
- irritate
- keep
- lessen
- lower
- maintain
- mess up
- mix up
- move
- oppose
- prepare
- prevent
- protest
- ready
- refuse
- reject
- resist
- rise
- rise above
- scatter
- shorten
- shrink
- solidify
- stagnate
- stand
- stop
- straighten
- tangle
- tense
- twist
- veto
- walk
- wind
- withhold
- worry
- wrap
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