Unbidden
adjective
Happening or done without being asked or invited.
Unbidden thoughts of past mistakes filled her mind.
Often appears as...
- unbidden thoughts
- unbidden tears
adverb
Without being asked or invited.
He arrived unbidden at the party.
Often appears as...
- arrived unbidden
- came unbidden
adjective
Happening or done without being asked or invited.
Unbidden thoughts of past mistakes filled her mind.
Often appears as...
- unbidden thoughts
- unbidden tears
adverb
Without being asked or invited.
He arrived unbidden at the party.
Often appears as...
- arrived unbidden
- came unbidden
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Unbidden often carries an emotional or introspective sense when referring to thoughts and memories.
Unbidden memories of her childhood summers washed over her.
Pro Tip 2/3Intrusive Nature
Describes something that interrupts or invades without permission, especially thoughts or emotions.
Unbidden jealousy crept into his mind during her speech.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Arrival
Used for things that arise suddenly or surprisingly, without a clear cause or reason.
An unbidden blush spread across her cheeks during the interview.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Unbidden often carries an emotional or introspective sense when referring to thoughts and memories.
Unbidden memories of her childhood summers washed over her.
Pro Tip 2/3Intrusive Nature
Describes something that interrupts or invades without permission, especially thoughts or emotions.
Unbidden jealousy crept into his mind during her speech.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Arrival
Used for things that arise suddenly or surprisingly, without a clear cause or reason.
An unbidden blush spread across her cheeks during the interview.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Unbidden often carries an emotional or introspective sense when referring to thoughts and memories.
Unbidden memories of her childhood summers washed over her.
Pro Tip 2/3Intrusive Nature
Describes something that interrupts or invades without permission, especially thoughts or emotions.
Unbidden jealousy crept into his mind during her speech.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Arrival
Used for things that arise suddenly or surprisingly, without a clear cause or reason.
An unbidden blush spread across her cheeks during the interview.
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Quote examples
Hope Jahren
American Scientist
You can pick wild strawberries with your eyes closed, locating them by smell, for they are two parts perfume to one part taste. An hour of searching might yield a handful if you're lucky. Wild strawberries can't be encouraged, nor can they be discouraged: They come to you unbidden and unearned. They appear, or do not, by the grace of the sun.
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Eavan Boland
Irish Poet
I would come to understand there is no poem separable from its source. I began to see that poems are not just an individual florescence. They are also a vast root system growing down into ideas and understandings. Almost unbidden, they tap into the history and evolution of art and language.
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Julia Glass
American Novelist
In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters' lives, glimpses of their secrets, obstacles to their dreams... all arrive unbidden when I'm getting cash at the ATM, walking my son to camp, singing a hymn at a wedding.
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Tom Glazer
American Musician
Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden.
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Monty Don
English Celebrity
Happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself. It pops into your life unbidden, and then tends to pop out again. I'm on record as being depressive. It is related to winter.
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David Crosby
American Musician
My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.
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Susan Orlean
American Journalist
A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.
Quote examples
Hope Jahren
American Scientist
You can pick wild strawberries with your eyes closed, locating them by smell, for they are two parts perfume to one part taste. An hour of searching might yield a handful if you're lucky. Wild strawberries can't be encouraged, nor can they be discouraged: They come to you unbidden and unearned. They appear, or do not, by the grace of the sun.
Quote examples
Eavan Boland
Irish Poet
I would come to understand there is no poem separable from its source. I began to see that poems are not just an individual florescence. They are also a vast root system growing down into ideas and understandings. Almost unbidden, they tap into the history and evolution of art and language.
Quote examples
Julia Glass
American Novelist
In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters' lives, glimpses of their secrets, obstacles to their dreams... all arrive unbidden when I'm getting cash at the ATM, walking my son to camp, singing a hymn at a wedding.
Quote examples
Tom Glazer
American Musician
Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden.
Quote examples
Monty Don
English Celebrity
Happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself. It pops into your life unbidden, and then tends to pop out again. I'm on record as being depressive. It is related to winter.
Quote examples
David Crosby
American Musician
My songs emerge from my life, or wherever they do, unbidden and unplanned and completely on a schedule of their own.
Quote examples
Susan Orlean
American Journalist
A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.
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