unbending
Plural: unbendings
Verb
- straighten up or out; make straight
- unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
- free from flexure
- make less taut
- become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
- release from mental strain, tension, or formality
- present participle and gerund of unbend
Adjective Satellite
- incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
- "an unbending will to dominate"
Adj
- inflexible and not yielding
- very reserved, aloof and asocial
Noun
- The act of one who unbends.
Origin / Etymology
From un- + bending.
Synonyms
decompress, inflexible, loosen up, relax, rigid, slow down, straighten, unbend, unwind, aloof, cool, distant, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, offish, quiet, remote, reserved, standoffish, strange, thorny, touch-me-not-ish, unapproachable, unbending, undemonstrative, unimpressionable, uninvolved
Scrabble Score: 13
unbending: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordunbending: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
unbending: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary