Synonyms for Un-bending:

• adj.

  •adamant (adjective)
  • insistent,
  • hard-nosed,
  • pat,
  • unshakable,
  • immovable,
  • determined,
  • unbendable,
  • intransigent,
  • set,
  • hanging tough,
  • rigid,
  • unbending,
  • fixed.
  •balky (adjective)
  • loath,
  • hesitant,
  • ornery,
  • unruly,
  • indisposed,
  • averse,
  • unmanageable,
  • negative,
  • reluctant,
  • negativistic,
  • perverse,
  • unpredictable,
  • contrary.
  •callous (adjective)
  • impassive,
  • insensitive,
  • indifferent,
  • unsusceptible,
  • inured,
  • cold-blooded,
  • unconcerned,
  • apathetic,
  • unaffected,
  • unsympathetic,
  • thick-skinned,
  • insensible,
  • hardened,
  • hard-bitten,
  • heartless,
  • stony,
  • unfeeling,
  • uncaring,
  • toughened,
  • soulless,
  • deaf to,
  • Indurated,
  • hard-boiled,
  • spiritless,
  • case-hardened,
  • cold,
  • unimpressionable,
  • insensate,
  • careless,
  • uncompassionate,
  • tough,
  • blind to,
  • unresponsive,
  • torpid,
  • hard,
  • impenitent,
  • insentient,
  • hardhearted.
  •decided (adjective)
  • emphatic,
  • mulish,
  • intent,
  • sure,
  • purposeful,
  • settled,
  • decisive,
  • earnest,
  • deliberate,
  • iron-jawed,
  • positive,
  • assertive,
  • serious,
  • strong-minded,
  • resolved,
  • certain,
  • unfaltering,
  • established,
  • unwavering,
  • bent,
  • unhesitating,
  • cocksure.
  •dogged (adjective)
  • pertinacious,
  • persevering,
  • staunch,
  • adamant,
  • tough nut,
  • steadfast,
  • indefatigable,
  • bullheaded,
  • unflagging,
  • hardheaded,
  • pigheaded,
  • steady,
  • perseverative,
  • tenacious,
  • Perseverant.
  •extreme (adjective)
  • rabid,
  • excessive,
  • utter,
  • egregious,
  • overkill,
  • exaggerated,
  • unconventional,
  • radical,
  • fanatical,
  • dire,
  • absolute,
  • out-and-out,
  • intemperate,
  • improper,
  • fabulous,
  • zealous,
  • remarkable,
  • inordinate,
  • flagrant,
  • unreasonable,
  • downright,
  • thorough,
  • drastic,
  • gross,
  • outrageous,
  • nonsensical,
  • sheer,
  • extraordinary,
  • irrational,
  • stern,
  • preposterous,
  • exceptional,
  • unusual,
  • harsh,
  • immoderate,
  • unseemly,
  • imprudent,
  • desperate,
  • out of proportion,
  • uncommon,
  • extravagant.
  •firm (adjective)
  • explicit,
  • exact,
  • true,
  • strong,
  • abiding,
  • dead set on,
  • never-failing,
  • undeviating,
  • unchangeable,
  • flat,
  • enduring,
  • hang tough,
  • constant,
  • persistent,
  • Stipulated,
  • unqualified,
  • stable,
  • prevailing,
  • stated,
  • consistent,
  • specific,
  • unshaken,
  • unflinching,
  • going,
  • stand pat,
  • bound.
  •fixed (adjective)
  • in the bag,
  • inveterate,
  • planned,
  • level,
  • decided,
  • confirmed,
  • agreed,
  • definite,
  • inalterable,
  • narrow,
  • unmodifiable,
  • circumscribed,
  • unblinking,
  • definitive,
  • rooted,
  • restricted,
  • precise,
  • changeless,
  • rigged,
  • prearranged,
  • set-up,
  • limited,
  • determinate,
  • arranged,
  • defined,
  • unmovable,
  • still.
  •formal (adjective)
  • prim,
  • polite,
  • seemly,
  • ceremonious,
  • playing the game,
  • sententious,
  • nominal,
  • conventional,
  • stuffy,
  • decorous,
  • punctilious,
  • stilted,
  • by the numbers,
  • straight arrow,
  • Starched.
  •frigid (adjective)
  • icy,
  • frosty,
  • lifeless,
  • austere,
  • Cold-hearted,
  • passionless,
  • forbidding,
  • chilly,
  • unapproachable,
  • cool,
  • impotent,
  • passive,
  • cold-shoulder,
  • repellent,
  • unloving.
  •hard-and-fast (adjective)
  • carved in stone,
  • dictated,
  • written,
  • set in concrete,
  • binding,
  • conclusive,
  • mandatory,
  • irrevocable,
  • final.
  •hard-boiled (adjective)
  • hard-shelled,
  • callous,
  • rough,
  • headstrong.
  •hard-line (adjective)
  • militant,
  • hard-core,
  • Ungiving.
  •hardened (adjective)
  • seasoned,
  • cruel,
  • unsubmissive,
  • hard-as-nails,
  • unemotional,
  • contemptuous,
  • obtuse,
  • resistant,
  • unashamed,
  • Steeled,
  • impious,
  • accustomed,
  • coldhearted,
  • irreverent,
  • impenetrable,
  • prepared,
  • benumbed,
  • disdainful,
  • inaccessible,
  • Habituated,
  • Unrepenting.
  •implacable (adjective)
  • rancorous,
  • ironfisted,
  • remorseless,
  • ruthless,
  • grim,
  • pitiless,
  • unforgiving,
  • mortal,
  • unappeasable,
  • vindictive.
  •incompliant (adjective)
  • brassbound,
  • mule,
  • die-hard.
  •inelastic (adjective)
  • inextensible,
  • Inductile.
  •inexorable (adjective)
  • ineluctable,
  • implacable,
  • ironclad,
  • adamantine,
  • mean business,
  • merciless,
  • immobile,
  • compulsory,
  • like death and taxes,
  • dogged,
  • inescapable,
  • necessary,
  • bound and determined,
  • hell bent on,
  • no going back.
  •inflexible (adjective)
  • Immalleable,
  • indomitable,
  • stringent,
  • taut,
  • nonflexible,
  • unadaptable,
  • Impliable,
  • set in one's ways,
  • immutable,
  • hard-and-fast,
  • stand one's ground,
  • steely,
  • iron,
  • dyed-in-the-wool,
  • rigorous,
  • uncompliant.
  •intractable (adjective)
  • fractious,
  • bull-headed,
  • Pig-headed.
  •intractable /intransigent (adjective)
  • ungovernable,
  • indocile,
  • self-willed,
  • uncooperative,
  • Unpliable,
  • undisciplined,
  • wayward,
  • tough-nut,
  • incurable,
  • cantankerous,
  • willful,
  • refractory,
  • insoluble,
  • awkward,
  • recalcitrant,
  • wild.
  •iron (adjective)
  • heavy,
  • dense,
  • steel,
  • ferric,
  • ferrous,
  • thick,
  • robust.
  •obdurate (adjective)
  • Unimpressible,
  • mean,
  • tough nut to crack,
  • Hard-hearted,
  • cold fish,
  • stiff-necked,
  • bullhead,
  • indurate.
  •passionless (adjective)
  • inhibited,
  • ardorless.
  •relentless (adjective)
  • hang-tough,
  • inhuman,
  • stop at nothing,
  • go for broke,
  • fierce,
  • unstoppable,
  • ferocious,
  • hang in.
  •resolute (adjective)
  • intrepid,
  • intent upon,
  • unchanging,
  • persisting,
  • courageous,
  • faithful,
  • meaning business,
  • valiant,
  • undaunted,
  • bold,
  • loyal.
  •rigid (adjective)
  • solid,
  • strait-laced,
  • static,
  • unalterable,
  • chiseled,
  • invariable,
  • unmoving,
  • dead set,
  • unbreakable,
  • unpermissive.
  •severe (adjective)
  • oppressive,
  • grave,
  • inconsiderate,
  • tight-lipped,
  • close,
  • dour,
  • iron-handed,
  • cutting,
  • scathing,
  • flinty,
  • unsparing,
  • unsmiling,
  • astringent,
  • peremptory,
  • sober,
  • disapproving,
  • caustic,
  • satirical,
  • biting.
  •single-minded (adjective)
  • Undesigning,
  • artless,
  • obsessed,
  • guileless.
  •steadfast (adjective)
  • fast,
  • dedicated,
  • liege,
  • wholehearted,
  • dependable,
  • allegiant,
  • unquestioning,
  • intense,
  • true-blue,
  • tried-and-true,
  • reliable,
  • unswerving,
  • ardent.
  •stiff (adjective)
  • unsupple,
  • mechanical,
  • solidified,
  • ossified,
  • congealed,
  • chilled,
  • annealed,
  • creaky,
  • jelled,
  • rheumatic,
  • Cemented,
  • buckram,
  • wooden,
  • frozen,
  • tight,
  • tense,
  • stark,
  • brittle,
  • thickened,
  • starchy,
  • stiff as a board,
  • petrified,
  • graceless,
  • arthritic,
  • contracted,
  • Numbed,
  • ungraceful.
  •strong (adjective)
  • iron-willed,
  • independent,
  • plucky,
  • intelligent,
  • eager,
  • deep,
  • aggressive,
  • fervid,
  • handful,
  • perceptive,
  • vehement,
  • cogent,
  • take charge,
  • forceful,
  • sagacious,
  • resilient,
  • pushy,
  • clear,
  • resourceful,
  • potent,
  • wicked,
  • keen,
  • gutsy,
  • brave,
  • fervent,
  • violent,
  • self-assertive.
  •strong-willed (adjective)
  • mullish.
  •stubborn (adjective)
  • insubordinate,
  • balky,
  • rebellious,
  • contumacious,
  • cussed,
  • untoward,
  • opinionated.
  •tight (adjective)
  • skintight,
  • cramped,
  • invulnerable,
  • quick,
  • tightened,
  • secure,
  • strained,
  • Clasped,
  • constricted,
  • compact,
  • sturdy,
  • hidebound,
  • crowded,
  • close-fitting,
  • drawn,
  • stretched.
  •tough (adjective)
  • uncontrollable,
  • ruffianly,
  • vicious,
  • terrible,
  • exacting,
  • savage,
  • arbitrary,
  • pugnacious.
  •unbending (adjective)
  • relentless,
  • single-minded,
  • resolute,
  • standing one's ground,
  • strict,
  • formal,
  • do or die,
  • aloof,
  • Unswayable,
  • sticking to one's guns,
  • unyielding,
  • severe,
  • intractable,
  • inexorable,
  • obstinate,
  • unrelenting,
  • hard-line,
  • hard as nails,
  • Unflexible,
  • stubborn,
  • hold the line,
  • hold one's ground,
  • inflexible,
  • uncompromising,
  • distant,
  • firm,
  • hold the fort,
  • set in stone,
  • crisp,
  • dug in,
  • Incompliant,
  • standing pat,
  • locked in,
  • uptight,
  • inelastic,
  • reserved,
  • stiff,
  • obdurate.
  •uncompromising (adjective)
  • locked,
  • brick-wall.
  •unmitigated (adjective)
  • thoroughgoing,
  • simple,
  • straight-out,
  • unrelieved,
  • consummate,
  • perfect,
  • unalleviated,
  • damned,
  • unadulterated,
  • rank,
  • unmixed,
  • undiluted,
  • arrant,
  • unabated,
  • unbroken,
  • outright,
  • complete,
  • unabridged,
  • clear-cut.
  •unrelenting (adjective)
  • continual,
  • endless,
  • Hard-headed,
  • Iron-fisted,
  • ceaseless,
  • continuous,
  • unremitting,
  • perpetual,
  • incessant.
  •unsociable (adjective)
  • recessive,
  • introverted,
  • inhospitable,
  • unforthcoming,
  • secretive,
  • unsocial,
  • unneighborly,
  • reclusive,
  • withdrawn,
  • stuck-up,
  • sensitive,
  • laid-back,
  • uncongenial,
  • timid,
  • uncommunicative,
  • antagonistic,
  • hostile,
  • retiring,
  • standoffish,
  • nongregarious,
  • easy-going,
  • brooding,
  • uppity,
  • shy.
  •unswerving (adjective)
  • direct.
  •wooden (adjective)
  • heavy-handed,
  • Unhandy,
  • bumbling,
  • gawky,
  • weighty,
  • ungainly,
  • ponderous,
  • gauche,
  • inept,
  • clumsy,
  • inelegant,
  • maladroit.

• v.

  •condescend (verb)
  • lower oneself,
  • deign,
  • unbend,
  • demean oneself,
  • see fit,
  • high hat,
  • talk down to,
  • comply,
  • acquiesce,
  • bend,
  • grant,
  • accommodate,
  • concede,
  • vouchsafe,
  • oblige,
  • be courteous,
  • toss a few crumbs,
  • yield,
  • agree,
  • accord,
  • favor,
  • degrade oneself,
  • descend,
  • submit,
  • come down off high horse.
  •relax (verb)
  • calm down,
  • sit back,
  • soften,
  • feel at home,
  • repose,
  • sit around,
  • make oneself at home,
  • collect oneself,
  • rest,
  • laze,
  • recline,
  • take one's time,
  • knock off,
  • loosen up,
  • settle back,
  • let oneself go,
  • unwind,
  • simmer down,
  • lie down,
  • ease off,
  • take a break,
  • take time out,
  • cool off,
  • take ten,
  • take it easy,
  • take a breather,
  • put one's feet up,
  • breathe easy,
  • compose oneself,
  • tranquilize,
  • calm,
  • hang loose,
  • unlax,
  • stop work.
  •rest (verb)
  • lounge,
  • ease up,
  • stretch out,
  • drowse,
  • slacken,
  • refresh oneself,
  • let down,
  • loaf,
  • be comfortable,
  • be at ease,
  • relax,
  • slack,
  • slack off,
  • loll,
  • nod,
  • take a nap,
  • take life easy,
  • take five,
  • nap,
  • put feet up,
  • breathe,
  • lie still,
  • lean,
  • snooze,
  • slumber,
  • idle,
  • let up,
  • lie by,
  • dream,
  • wind down,
  • sit down,
  • spell,
  • doze.
  •stoop (verb)
  • sink,
  • patronize,
  • act beneath oneself,
  • debase oneself,
  • thaw,
  • resort.
  •straighten (verb)
  • order,
  • neaten,
  • untwist,
  • unsnarl,
  • align,
  • put upright,
  • put to rights,
  • make plumb,
  • put in order,
  • rectify,
  • even,
  • put vertical,
  • correct,
  • spruce up,
  • put perpendicular,
  • put straight,
  • uncurl,
  • tidy,
  • unravel,
  • compose,
  • uncoil,
  • set to rights,
  • make straight,
  • smarten up,
  • unfold,
  • arrange.
  •thaw (verb)
  • relent,
  • flux,
  • melt,
  • mollify,
  • become liquid,
  • open up,
  • run,
  • become soft,
  • flow,
  • dissolve,
  • warm up,
  • loosen,
  • fuse,
  • defrost,
  • liquefy,
  • Deliquesce.
  •unfold (verb)
  • spread,
  • extend,
  • outspread,
  • disentangle,
  • undo,
  • release,
  • unfurl,
  • open,
  • fan out,
  • uncrease,
  • flatten,
  • Outstretch,
  • unwrap,
  • fan,
  • expand,
  • display,
  • shake out,
  • unroll,
  • reel out,
  • straighten.
  •unwind (verb)
  • ravel,
  • free,
  • unreel,
  • untwine,
  • separate,
  • loose.

Antonyms for Un-bending:

• adj.

  • adamant
    movable, willing, moving, submissive, indefinite, lenient, unfixed, irresolute, supple, weak.
  • balky
    cooperative.
  • callous
    interested, concerned, merciful, sympathetic, feeling, caring, responsive, kind, nice, tender, mindful, sensitive, compassionate.
  • decided
    hesitant, Procrastinating, changeable, dubious, Postponing, Delaying, unsure, doubtful, unconfident, deferential, uncertain, undecided.
  • dogged
    undetermined, unreliable, indifferent, Surrendering, unstable.
  • extreme
    logical, pleasing, reasonable, sensible, moderate, ordinary, common, near, easy, usual, good, close, regular, mild, normal, limited, calm, Familiar.
  • firm
    slack, disloyal, loose, afraid, unsteady, obscure, untrue, inconstant, fickle, easy-going, inconsistent, varying, vague, false, broken, alterable, wavering, untrustworthy, wobbly, unsettled.
  • fixed
    unlimited, inexact, variable, unestablished, imprecise, questionable, impermanent, in disrepair.
  • formal
    unaffected, customary, informal, disorderly.
  • frigid
    hot, amicable, loving, amorous, friendly, warm, lovable.
  • hard-line
    tolerant.
  • implacable
    placable, remorseful.
  • inflexible
    resilient, amenable, elastic, bendable.
  • intractable /intransigent
    facile, manageable.
  • iron
    slight.
  • obdurate
    gentle, susceptible.
  • relentless
    peaceful, ending, tame, intermittent, nonviolent, understanding, stopping.
  • resolute
    cautious, cowardly, shy, timid, agreeable, complacent, meek, light, fearful.
  • rigid
    limber.
  • severe
    compromising, temperate.
  • single-minded
    lackadaisical, Half-hearted.
  • steadfast
    dishonest.
  • stiff
    casual, graceful.
  • strong
    pale, fragile, infirm, laid-back, Mistakable, low, uncaring, Unpowerful, feeble, dull, unintelligent, ineffective, impotent, delicate, indistinct, unhealthy.
  • strong-willed
    spineless, weak-willed.
  • stubborn
    broad-minded, giving, compliant.
  • tight
    free, slow, untroubled, wide, comfortable, open, unsealed, uncrowded, sober.
  • tough
    controllable, vulnerable.
  • unbending
    pliant, bending, soft, flexible, pliable, yielding, relaxed.
  • unmitigated
    imperfect, mixed.
  • unrelenting
    infrequent, Relenting, interrupted, irregular, completed, halting, terminable, finished, occasional, Ceasing.
  • unsociable
    approachable, social, sociable.
  • unswerving
    ambiguous.

• v.

  • condescend
    hinder, disagree, dissent, contradict, prevent, fight, protest, dispute, disapprove, rise above, disobey, resist, reject, disallow, deny, decline, veto, refuse, withhold, oppose.
  • relax
    be active, excite, tense, worry, agitate, energize, irritate, increase, grow.
  • rest
    move, activate, walk, DO, stand, carry out.
  • stoop
    rise, straighten.
  • straighten
    disorder, mix up, disorganize, disperse, bend, disarrange, twist, curve, scatter, mess up.
  • thaw
    coagulate, solidify, freeze.
  • unfold
    lessen, hold, keep, wind, conceal, fold, wrap, contract, shorten, hide, stop, stagnate, abridge, lower, shrink, cover, check, maintain, block.
  • unwind
    prepare, tangle, ready.