MEANING
Appearing or occurring without invitation, request, or conscious intention.
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- unbidden memory
- unbidden guest
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An unbidden memory returned with the smell of smoke.
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- unbidden
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Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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