Unbidden

Word UNBIDDEN
Character 8
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ʌnˈbɪd.ən/

Definitions and meanings of "Unbidden"

What do we mean by unbidden?

Not invited, asked, or requested; unasked. adjective

Not bidden; not commanded; hence, spontaneous.

Uninvited; not requested to attend.

Not invited, requested or asked for adjective

Not invited, requested or asked for

Synonyms and Antonyms for Unbidden

The word "unbidden" in example sentences

Keats who seems to emerge unbidden from the shadows, as if the act of gazing into the darkness brought him to the surface. ❋ Unknown (2003)

A waiter, again unbidden, brought the chessboard and the current issue of the Times, with the page turned down at the chess problem. ❋ Unknown (1949)

The word came unbidden and in a voice that was his and not his. ❋ Richard A. Knaak (2009)

Spock found that he took some satisfaction in every privacy the outfit afforded, and every inch which would remain—the phrase came unbidden—for his eyes only. ❋ SONDRA MARSHAK (2009)

It regarded her arrogantly, and gave its odd name unbidden, and commanded her to come; these were not things Myrddraal did with the Chosen. ❋ Jordan, Robert, 1948- (1996)

A name came unbidden from Rhonin’s early studies … Agamaggan … a demigod of primal fury … ❋ RICHARD A. KNAAK (2005)

This moment reads less as a triumphant breakthrough, however, and more as a kind of imaginative arrest, similar to what Christabel experiences at the conclusion to Part I. Shelley's vision arrives "unbidden," her authorial task reduced to "making only ❋ Unknown (2003)

(So it should be "unbidden," but "unbade" sounds cooler here and fits the rhyme/meter. ❋ Bard (2000)

Each time my eyes flick up to the window, unbidden. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And in that moment, unbidden and unwanted, an image floated up: there was Cliff, in that long-ago newspaper photo, placing a medal on the chest of that little girl who had won the Special Olympics. ❋ Andrea Buchanan (2011)

But if past is prologue, then some unbidden new danger lies around the corner. ❋ Gabriel Schoenfeld (2011)

Desire flared, unwanted and unbidden, and I clamped my thighs tightly together. ❋ Jill Myles (2011)

It came unsought, unbidden, at the meadow stile, it was one of the flowers of happiness scattered for us and found unexpectedly by the wayside of life. ❋ Unknown (2011)

My other hand steals to my abdomen unbidden, and I stare at the space where she was and wait. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His voice caught in his throat, tears rising unbidden. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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