Unbowed
adjective
Not defeated or made to change beliefs, even after difficulties or pressure.
Despite challenges faced, the team remained unbowed and focused on their goals.
Often appears as...
- remain unbowed
- stand unbowed
adjective
Not defeated or made to change beliefs, even after difficulties or pressure.
Despite challenges faced, the team remained unbowed and focused on their goals.
Often appears as...
- remain unbowed
- stand unbowed
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Steadfast Spirit
Use 'unbowed' to describe someone who remains strong and determined, not discouraged, after setbacks.
After the hurricane destroyed her home, she stood unbowed, ready to rebuild.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Situations
'Unbowed' is often used in situations that are intense or dramatic where resilience is shown.
The activist remained unbowed despite facing repeated arrests.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Physical
The term doesn't only refer to physical challenges; it can also mean staying true to beliefs or principles.
She was unbowed in her support for equality, despite criticism.
Pro Tip 1/3Steadfast Spirit
Use 'unbowed' to describe someone who remains strong and determined, not discouraged, after setbacks.
After the hurricane destroyed her home, she stood unbowed, ready to rebuild.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Situations
'Unbowed' is often used in situations that are intense or dramatic where resilience is shown.
The activist remained unbowed despite facing repeated arrests.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Physical
The term doesn't only refer to physical challenges; it can also mean staying true to beliefs or principles.
She was unbowed in her support for equality, despite criticism.
Pro Tip 1/3Steadfast Spirit
Use 'unbowed' to describe someone who remains strong and determined, not discouraged, after setbacks.
After the hurricane destroyed her home, she stood unbowed, ready to rebuild.
Pro Tip 2/3Dramatic Situations
'Unbowed' is often used in situations that are intense or dramatic where resilience is shown.
The activist remained unbowed despite facing repeated arrests.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Physical
The term doesn't only refer to physical challenges; it can also mean staying true to beliefs or principles.
She was unbowed in her support for equality, despite criticism.
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Video examples
What’s the difference...
A good scientific law is a finely-tuned machine, accomplishing its task brilliantly but ignorant of why it works as well as it does. A good scientific theory is a bruised, but unbowed, fighter
Video examples
What’s the difference...
A good scientific law is a finely-tuned machine, accomplishing its task brilliantly but ignorant of why it works as well as it does. A good scientific theory is a bruised, but unbowed, fighter
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
William Ernest Henley
English Poet
In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.
Quote examples
William Ernest Henley
English Poet
In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed.
Example 1 of 1
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