unbowed (ùn-boud) adjective 1. Not bowed; unbent. 2. Not subdued; unyielding: "My head is bloody but unbowed" (W.E. Henley)   In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. W. E. Henley Poetmom has ...