Unbowed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unbowed \Un*bowed"\, a. [Pref. un- not + bowed.]
     Not bent or arched; not bowed down. --Byron.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  unbowed
       adj 1: erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was
              straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood
              defiantly with unbowed back" [syn: {straight}, {unbent},
               {upright}]
       2: not forced to bow down to a conqueror

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "unbowed":
     arrowlike, dead straight, direct, even, flat, horizontal,
     in a line, level, lineal, linear, rectilineal, rectilinear, right,
     ruler-straight, smooth, straight, straight-cut, straight-front,
     straight-side, streamlined, true, unbeaten, unbending, unbent,
     unbroken, unconquered, uncurved, undefeated, undeflected,
     undeviating, undistorted, uninterrupted, unquelled, unsubdued,
     unswerving, unturned, unvanquished, upright, vertical