unbend

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of UNBEND

to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls <the new highway will largely unbend that twisting path that the old road used to follow>

Synonyms unbend, uncurl, unkink

Related Words uncoil, unroll, unwind; disentangle, untangle, untwine, untwist

Near Antonyms arc, bend, bow, hook, round; entwine, kink, swirl, turn, twine, twist; coil, loop, spiral, wind

Antonyms bend, crook, curl, curve

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