The meaning of Unbending

adjective

Not friendly or forthcoming; cool and distant.

Usage examples:

They were courteous but faintly aloof

adjective

Not taking part in things, esp. in a way that seems unfriendly

Usage examples:

Is she aloof and arrogant or just shy?, when they argued, i remained aloof.

adjective

Severe or strict in manner or attitude.

Usage examples:

He was an austere man, with a rigidly puritanical outlook

adjective

Very simple, with only the things that are absolutely necessary, especially because of severe limits on money or goods

Usage examples:

An austere childhood during the war

adjective

Plain and without decoration or unnecessary details

Usage examples:

The courtroom was a large, dark chamber, an austere place.

adjective

Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

Usage examples:

A conventional morality had dictated behaviour

adjective

Following the usual practices of the past

Usage examples:

We were raised in a conventional, middle-class family., it’s a conventional hot-water heater (= of …

adjective

Relating to accepted or traditional ways of doing something

Usage examples:

Conventional accounting/business practices/methods, it is estimated that over one-third of sub-prim…

adjective

Of or at a fairly low temperature.

Usage examples:

It'll be a cool afternoon

noun

A fairly low temperature.

Usage examples:

The cool of the night air

verb

Become or make less hot.

Usage examples:

We dived into the river to cool off

adjective

Far away in space or time.

Usage examples:

Distant parts of the world

adjective

Far away in space or time

Usage examples:

She dreamed of traveling to distant lands., we could hear the sound of distant thunder.

adjective

Far away

Usage examples:

A distant country, she could hear the distant sound of fireworks exploding.

verb

Cause to cover a wider area; make larger.

Usage examples:

The car park has been extended

verb

Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope

verb

To reach, continue, or stretch

Usage examples:

[ i ] farmland extends for miles in every direction., [ i ] the meeting extended into the late hour…

verb

Make or become flat or flatter.

Usage examples:

Her hair had been flattened by the storm

verb

Make flat or flatter

verb

(with reference to a limb or joint) bend or become bent.

Usage examples:

She saw him flex his ankle and wince

noun

The action or state of flexing.

Usage examples:

Add rigidity and eliminate brake flex

noun

A flexible insulated cable used for carrying electric current to an appliance.

Usage examples:

Reading crown court was told that she took an electric flex intending to throttle the ripper.

adjective

Unfriendly or threatening in appearance.

Usage examples:

A grim and forbidding building

verb

Refuse to allow (something).

Usage examples:

I can see why phones were forbidden

adjective

Done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion.

Usage examples:

A formal dinner party

noun

An evening dress.

Usage examples:

Cocktail parties every night so the ladies can show off their formals

adjective

Unwilling to change or compromise.

Usage examples:

Once she had made up her mind, she was inflexible

adjective

(of a place) situated far from the main centres of population; distant.

Usage examples:

The valley is remote from the usual tourist routes

noun

Having very little connection with or relationship to.

Usage examples:

The theory seems rather intellectual and remote from everyday experience

adjective

Far away in distance, time, or relation; not close

Usage examples:

Ben grew up in a remote part of montana., it happened in the remote past., there is a remote possib…

adjective

Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

Usage examples:

He is a reserved, almost taciturn man

verb

Retain for future use.

Usage examples:

Roll out half the dough and reserve the other half

adjective

Tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them

Usage examples:

Marcus is more reserved than his brother.

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Usage examples:

A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

Usage examples:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Usage examples:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

verb

Make or become straight.

Usage examples:

She helped him straighten his tie

verb

To make something so that it does not bend

Usage examples:

[ i ] her shoulders straightened, and she cleared her throat., [ t ] first bend and then straighten…

adjective

Having old-fashioned and unchanging morals, especially relating to sexual matters

Usage examples:

The joke shocked her strait-laced parents.

adjective

(of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation.

Usage examples:

A stuffy, overcrowded office

adjective

Formal, boring, and not modern

Usage examples:

A stuffy, arrogant man, the office gets so stuffy in the afternoon.

adjective

Showing an unwillingness to make concessions to others, especially by changing one's ways or opinions.

Usage examples:

His uncompromising stance on the issue

adjective

(of a person or a person's opinions) fixed and not easily changed

Usage examples:

People are intimidated by her uncompromising ways.

verb

Straighten or cause to straighten from a curled position.

Usage examples:

In spring the new leaves uncurl

adjective

Not having or showing strong feelings.

Usage examples:

A flat, unemotional voice

adjective

Not having or expressing strong feelings, often when this is surprising or a bad thing

Usage examples:

Investigators said the couple seemed oddly unemotional about the disappearance., they described him…

adjective

Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous.

Usage examples:

My mother is a cold, unfeeling woman

adjective

Not feeling sympathy for other people’s suffering

Usage examples:

An unfeeling man

adjective

Not friendly.

Usage examples:

She shot him an unfriendly glance

adjective

(of a mass or structure) not giving way to pressure; hard or solid.

Usage examples:

The atlantic hurled its waves at the unyielding rocks

adjective

Not giving up control or responsibility for (something) as a result of influence or persuasion

Usage examples:

The economist showed an unyielding commitment to tough financial stability.

adjective

Anxious or angry in a tense and overly controlled way.

Usage examples:

He is so uptight about everything