unbowed
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un·bowed
(ŭn-boud′)adj.
1. Not bowed; unbent.
2. Not subdued; unyielding: "My head is bloody but unbowed" (W.E. Henley).
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unbowed
(ʌnˈbaʊd)adj
1. not bowed or bent
2. free or unconquered
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un•bowed
(ʌnˈbaʊd)adj.
1. not bowed or bent.
2. not yielding, as to defeat; not subjugated.
[1325–75]
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| Adj. | 1. | unbowed - erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" |
| 2. |  unbowed - not forced to bow down to a conquerorundefeated - victorious; "undefeated in battle"; "an undefeated team" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unbowed
adj (fig) → ungebrochen; pride → ungebeugt; he was unbowed by misfortune → sein Unglück hatte ihn nicht gebrochen or gebeugt; the army was defeated but unbowed → das Heer war besiegt, sein Mut aber ungebrochen
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