unvanquished

Examples

• All

• Despite facing numerous challenges, the coach emphasized that the team remained unvanquished and would fight until the final whistle.

• Against you I will fling myself unvanquished and unyie ding.

  King Lear (1988)

• Lowman-Vayda (1971:317-61) finds several types of big men in Maring: unvanquished warriors, ancestor spirit men, fight medicine men.

  Academic text (1990)

• Sometimes, while flying patrol with her taciturn ghost Falcon in the unvanquished night between Liadhe's burning stars, she wondered what it would have been like to serve military duty during wartime.

  Fiction book (2001)

• This point is made perhaps with its greatest impact at the very end of the narrative, when Bernard's ringing defiance of Death, "Against you I will fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death!" is juxtaposed with the impersonal description of inexorable nature, "The waves broke upon the shore."

  Academic text (1990)

• In her heart, she felt unvanquished, ready to pursue her dreams no matter the obstacles in her way.

• He stood on stage, his spirit unvanquished, as he recounted the struggles that had shaped his life.

Synonyms

I

invincible

vsunvanquished

92 6.5

Too strong to be defeated

describes being undefeated now rather than inherently unbeatable

U

undefeated

vsunvanquished

56 3.6

Not having lost any game or match

covers that state but also applies beyond contests to general defeat

U

unbeatable

vsunvanquished

30 3.4

Very hard to beat in a contest, like a team or player

is only the current state of not being conquered, not claimed impossibility

U

unbeaten

vsunvanquished

18 2.8

Not having lost a game or fight

is the general state of not being conquered or defeated

I

impregnable

vsunvanquished

10 7.9

Too strong and well protected for anyone to capture or defeat

is the present condition of not being conquered, not permanent immunity

U

unconquered

vsunvanquished

2 6.6

A place, people, or spirit that an enemy has not taken control of

is the same idea but used for both people and outcomes generally

U

unbowed

vsunvanquished

2 7.7

Not giving in to pressure or defeat

means not conquered or defeated rather than resisting submission specifically

U

uncrushed

vsunvanquished

1 5.5

A person who still feels strong and hopeful after problems

focuses instead on the simple absence of conquest or defeat

U

unlost

vsunvanquished

7.4

Not beaten in a game or match

is broader, applying to any not conquered or defeated condition

U

unfallen

vsunvanquished

7.9

A place or group that an enemy has not captured

is the wider notion of not being conquered or defeated overall

U

unvanquishable

vsunvanquished

9.9

Cannot be defeated

simply describes not being conquered yet, not absolute impossibility

How Defeated

defeated

2.0

unvanquished

8.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology