Crossword-Solution: UNBEND
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Unbend | v. t. | To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow. |
| Unbend | v. t. | A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. |
| Unbend | v. t. | To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use. |
| Unbend | v. t. | To cast loose or untie, as a rope. |
| Unbend | v. i. | To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed. |
| Unbend | v. i. | To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement. |
We have 23 clues for the answer “UNBEND”
| Clue | Answers |
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| straighten up or out | 1 answer |
| become less strict or more informal in one's attitudes or behaviour | 1 answer |
| Straighten out, as an iron bar | 1 answer |
| Become affable. | 1 answer |
| Be less formal. | 1 answer |
| Get to go straight | 2 answers |
| "Relax a little" | 2 answers |
| Become less reserved | 2 answers |
| Be less strict | 2 answers |
| Get straight | 4 answers |
| Cease being tense | 4 answers |
| Straighten, in a way | 5 answers |
| AN IRON BAR THAT SERVES AS AN AXLETREE | 10 answers |
| Straighten out | 10 answers |
| Loosen up! | 14 answers |
| Thaw | 14 answers |
| Ease off | 15 answers |
| Relent | 22 answers |
| Unwind | 25 answers |
| flex | 30 answers |
| Straighten | 51 answers |
| Loosen | 73 answers |
| Relax | 90 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERETA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with UNBEND (5)
But he could unbend, and the memory of such hours with him--hours that can never be again--hurts more keenly than the memory of calmer and more sober moments.
What had he to do among them? Why did not the skeleton of the dead founder of the feast unbend its rattling joints, arise, and motion the unwelcome stranger from the board? “Shameful!” said the morbid man, while a new ulcer broke out in his heart.
These friendly offers I must barbarously cast back; and my rejection sometimes wounded her so cruelly that I must unbend and seek to make it up to her in kindness.
RASSELAS went often to an assembly of learned men, who met at stated times to unbend their minds and compare their opinions.
Physical wants confine it to the earth; but, as soon as the tie is loosened, it will unbend itself again.
Quotes with UNBEND (1)
A man, though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 19 times in crossword archives (1954–2018).