unbowed

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ bowed.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊd

Adjective

unbowed (comparative more unbowed, superlative most unbowed)

1. Not bowed; erect or upright.
2. (figurative) Not subdued or deterred.
   • 1998 July 3, James Brooke, “Anti-Government Freemen Are Found Guilty of Fraud”, in New York Times, retrieved 8 August 2012:

     Unbowed after two years in jail, nine of the defendants boycotted the trial, refusing even to talk to their lawyers.

   • 2024 July 15, Charles M. Blow, “How the Attempted Assassination of Trump Could Change the Campaign”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     It created an indelible image and captured the essence of Trump’s MAGA movement: under attack but defiant, bloody but unbowed.

Translations

not bowed

• Manx: ^{(please verify)} neuchroymmit

not subdued or deterred

• Armenian: աննվաճ (hy) (annvač)
• Bulgarian: непокорен (bg) (nepokoren)
• French: insoumis (fr)
• German: aufrecht (de)
• Greek: αγονάτιστος (el) (agonátistos)
• Manx: neuchroymmit
• Russian: непокорённый (ru) (nepokorjónnyj)
• Ukrainian: непідко́рений (nepidkórenyj)

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