unbending

Meanings

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.

Synonyms

aloof, cool, decompress, distant, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, inflexible, loosen up, offish, quiet, relax, remote, reserved, rigid, slow down, standoffish, straighten, strange, thorny, touch-me-not-ish, unapproachable, unbend, unbending, undemonstrative, unimpressionable, uninvolved, unwind

Antonyms

bend, tense

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