unbowed

[ uhn-boud ]

adjective

1. not bowed or bent.
2. not yielding or submitting, as to defeat; not subjugated:

   Even when their country was occupied, the people of Norway remained unbowed.

unbowed

/ ʌnˈbaʊd /

adjective

1. not bowed or bent
2. free or unconquered

Word History and Origins

Origin of unbowed¹

1325–75; Middle English; un- ¹ + bow ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

No matter: Christman and her conservative sisters remain unbowed and eager to plow ahead.

From The Daily Beast

Then Hezbollah fought them to a draw, emerging bloodied but unbowed, and with more credibility than ever.

From The Daily Beast

“Unbowed, undaunted, defiant, and committed are the words that shout out when looking at these remarkable photographs,” he wrote.

From The Daily Beast

Roy was unbowed and responded, “Pity the nation that has to silence its writers for speaking their minds.”

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Though unsuccessful in her first foray into national politics, unbowed, Palin has shown more mettle at times than President Obama.

From The Daily Beast

If the Colonel were no longer with him, still his head was bloody but unbowed—and he would fight on to the end.

From Project Gutenberg

It is the breakdown of this regime or the rise of new and as yet unbowed adversaries that leads to the reactive use of force.

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His brow was unwrinkled, his piercing eye undimmed, and his tall figure majestic and unbowed.

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The Allies' heads were "bloody but unbowed," and they were still the masters of their fate.

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He knew a poem by a man who wrote, "My head is bloody but unbowed."

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