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Definition: Unbowed |
UnbowedAdjective1. Erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back". 2. Not forced to bow down to a conqueror. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unbowed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1591. (references) |
Note: Unbowed \Un*bowed"\, adjective. [Prefix un- not bowed.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: UnbowedSynonyms: straight (adj), unbent (adj), upright (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Unbowed |
| English words defined with "unbowed": straight ♦ unbent, upright. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Unbowed (1999) | |
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William Ernest Henley | In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed. |
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| "Unbowed" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unbowed" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unbowed": with head unbowed. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unbowed | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unbowed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i papërkulur (immovable, inexorable, inflexible, uncompromising). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | непривит, непокорен (contumacious, disaffected, disobedient, disorderly, indocile, insubordinate, rambunctious, recalcitrant, refractory, repugnant, restive, tumultuous, uncontrollable, undutiful, unfilial, unruly, unsubdued, unsubmissive, untoward, wayward), непобеден. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تعظیم نکرده , سرکوب نشده , خم نشده , انحناپیدانکرده . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ungebrochen (unbroken, unconquered, undefeated, unfractured, unrefracted), ungebeugt (unbroken), gerade (direct, directly, erect, erectly, especially, even, exactly, honest, jab, just, just as, just now, now, okay, right, straigh ahead, straight, straight away, straight line, straightly, stretch, undeviating, upright, upstanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανίκητοσ (insurmountable, invincible, unbeatable, unbeaten, unconquerable), αλύγιστοσ (inflexible, stiff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nem ívelt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuchroymmit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | owedunbay não abatido ou rebaixado. (various references) непокоренный (unbroken). (various references) nesavijen, nepokoren, neiskrivljen. (various references) okuvad (untamed), obesegrad (unbeaten), oböjd. (various references) eğilmemiş, boyun eğmemiş (unbroken). (various references) không khòm bất khuất, không cúi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Unbowed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unboned, unbored, unbowled, uncowed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unbowed" (pronounced unbō"d or unbou"d) |
| 3 | -b ō" d | abode, bode, forebode. |
| 3 | -b ou" d | bowed. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-n-o-u-w" | |
-2 letters: boned, bound, bowed, endow, owned, unwed, wound. | |
-3 letters: bedu, bend, bode, bond, bone, bund, done, down, dune, ebon, enow, node, nude, owed, unbe, unde, undo, wend. | |
-4 letters: bed, ben, bod, bow, bud, bun, deb, den, dew, doe, don, dow, dub, due, dun, duo, end, eon, neb, new, nob, nod, now, nub, obe, ode. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-n-o-u-w" | |
+2 letters: westbound. | |
+3 letters: tumbledown. | |
+4 letters: belowground. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 62 6F 77 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. -... --- .--. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01100010 01101111 01110111 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n b o w e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0062 006F 0077 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)55806881897170 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, alban, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, "ερμανός, német, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, немецкий, germanski, tysk, alman, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, macarca, macar, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, från ön man, man adası, man dili |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, Rusça, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamesin, vietnamesisch, vietnamese, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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