different between fixed vs unbending

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?kst/
• Rhymes: -?kst

Verb

fixed

1. simple past tense and past participle of fix

Adjective

fixed (comparative more fixed, superlative most fixed)

1. Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.

   fixed assets

   I work fixed hours for a fixed salary.

   Every religion has its own fixed ideas.

   He looked at me with a fixed glare.

2. Stationary.
3. Attached; affixed.
5. Chemically stable.
6. Supplied with what one needs.

   She's nicely fixed after two divorce settlements.

7. (law) Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium.

   In the United States, recordings are only granted copyright protection when the sounds in the recording were fixed and first published on or after February 15, 1972.

8. (dialectal, informal) Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated).

   a fixed tomcat; the she-cat has been fixed

9. Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
10. (of a problem) Resolved; corrected.
11. Repaired

Synonyms

• (not able to be changed, staying the same): stable, immobile

Antonyms

• (not able to be changed, staying the same): mobile

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• broken
• crooked
• bribe

Anagrams

• defix

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

un- +? bending

Adjective

unbending (comparative more unbending, superlative most unbending)

1. inflexible and not yielding
2. very reserved, aloof and asocial

Translations

Etymology 2

unbend +? -ing

Verb

unbending

1. present participle of unbend

Noun

unbending (plural unbendings)

1. The act of one who unbends.
   • 1838, The Eclectic Review

     He was a frequent visitor at Wimbledon where Mr. Wilberforce now resided, and the following account is given of his social unbendings.