unbidden
/ʌnˈbɪd.ən/
unbidden adjective: not invited, requested or asked for.
Adjective
unbidden (not comparable)
- not invited, requested or asked for
- The words of the spell rose unbidden in his throat. He opened his mouth as in a dream, shaping it around the first barbaric syllable.1983, Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic, published 2022, page 134
unbidden meaning in Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
unbidden in Urdu
- بےدعوت, بےحکم, بےطلب, بن بلایا
unbidden in Malayalam
- unsolicited, uninvited, unasked
- ക്ഷണിക്കപ്പെടാത്ത, വിളിക്കാത്ത, വിളിക്കാതെ വന്ന, ആവശ്യപ്പെടാതെ വന്ന, ക്ഷണിക്കാതെ വന്ന, ആവശ്യപ്പെടാതുള്ള
- unprompted, spontaneous, voluntary
- താനേഉണ്ടായ, താനേവരുന്ന, സഹജം, അന്തഃപ്രചോദിതം, പരാപേക്ഷ കൂടാതെയുള്ള, അനിച്ഛാപൂർവ്വമായ
unbidden in Kannada
- ಅನಾಹೂತ, ಆಹ್ವಾನಿಸದ, ಕರೆಯದ, ಬರಹೇಳದ
Origin of unbidden
From un- + bidden.
Words formed from unbidden
Questions about unbidden
- What does unbidden mean?
- Unbidden means not invited, requested or asked for.
- What is unbidden in Urdu?
- Unbidden in Urdu is بےدعوت, بےحکم, بےطلب. See Unbidden meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is unbidden?
- Unbidden is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unbidden?
- Unbidden is pronounced /ʌnˈbɪd.ən/ (UK).
Words near unbidden in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unbidden (page history and authors); unbidden (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); unbidden (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unbidden (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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