Synonyms for unbendable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-bend |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈbɛnd |
Top 10 synonyms for unbendable Other synonyms for the word unbendable
- dogged
- firm
- fixed
- grim
- hardheaded
- headstrong
- implacable
- incompliant
- inexorable
- inflexible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- intransigent
- iron
- mule
- mulish
- obdurate
- opinionated
- ornery
- persevering
- persistent
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- relentless
- remorseless
- rigid
- self-willed
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- steadfast
- stiff-necked
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unmanageable
- unreasonable
- unrelenting
- unshakable
- untoward
- unyielding
- willful
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
- 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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