Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not conquering; failing to conquer.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

un- +‎ conquering

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word unconquering.

Examples

  • Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

    Moby Dick: Portrait of the Blogger as a Young Reader and Other Thoughts Abigail Nussbaum 2007

  • Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

    Great Sea Stories Various 1897

  • Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

    Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

  • Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • "Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."

    Documenting Reality Kehko 2009

  • "Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."

    Documenting Reality Kehko 2009

  • [(but with the unconquering) 9.7 (timidity) 29.7 (of a real lover, silence closed his lips, thoug) 9.7 (h the)] TJ

    Drelincourt and Rodalvi; or, Memoirs of Two Nobel Families Byron 1807

  • The ardent Clayton soon devoted his glowing heart, entirely to one, who appeared so worthy of it, he no longer complained of the insipidity of life, but of its shortness; his whole soul was filled with the ardour of his passion, he lived only to love, but with the unconquering timidity of a real lover, silence closed his lips, though the dictates of his heart continually hovered on them; in the presence of his mistress he gazed on her in mute admiration, but in absence he delighted his imagination by talking to her.

    Drelincourt and Rodalvi; or, Memoirs of Two Nobel Families Byron 1807

  • Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.