Un*bend"ing, a. [In senses 1, 2, and 3, pref. un- not + bending; in sense 4, properly p. pr. unbend.]

1. Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.

Flies o'er unbending corn, and skims along the main.

2. Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.

3. Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.

4. Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [R.]

It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour.

-- Un*bend"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*bend"ing*ness, n.

Un*bend"ing, a. [In senses 1, 2, and 3, pref. un- not + bending; in sense 4, properly p. pr. unbend.]

1. Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.

Flies o'er unbending corn, and skims along the main.

2. Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.

3. Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.

4. Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [R.]

It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour.

-- Un*bend"ing*ly, adv. -- Un*bend"ing*ness, n.

• inflexible and not yielding
  
• very reserved, aloof and antisocial
  
• gerund and present participle of the verb to unbend