unflinching


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un·flinch·ing

 (ŭn-flĭn′chĭng)
adj.
Showing neither fear nor indecision; resolute.

un·flinch′ing·ly adv.
un·flinch′ing·ness n.
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unflinching

(ʌnˈflɪntʃɪŋ)
adj
not shrinking from danger, difficulty, etc
unˈflinchingly adv
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un•flinch•ing

(ʌnˈflɪn tʃɪŋ)

adj.
not flinching; unshrinking; unfaltering.
[1720–30]
un•flinch′ing•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unflinching - not shrinking from dangerunflinching - not shrinking from danger    
fearless, unafraid - oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them
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unflinching

adjective determined, firm, steady, constant, bold, stalwart, staunch, resolute, steadfast, unwavering, immovable, unswerving, unshaken, unfaltering, unshrinking The armed forces had pledged their unflinching support and loyalty.
shaken, scared, cowed, shrinking, faltering, wavering
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unflinching

adjective
Indicating or possessing determination, resolution, or persistence:
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Translations
لا يَسْتَسْلِم للصُّعوبات
neochvějnýneústupný
hårdnakketusvigelig
óhagganlegur, óbilandi
nesatricināmsstingrs
boyun eğmezgözü pek

unflinching

[ˈʌnˈflɪntʃɪŋ] ADJimpávido, resuelto
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unflinching

[ˌʌnˈflɪntʃɪŋ] adj [support, honesty, loyalty, determination] → sans faille; [stare, gaze] → fixe
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unflinching

adjunerschrocken; determination, loyalty, supportunbeirrbar; gazeunbeirrt; with unflinching courageunverzagt
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unflinching

[ʌnˈflɪntʃɪŋ] adjrisoluto/a, che non indietreggia
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unflinching

(anˈflintʃiŋ) adjective
not yielding etc because of pain, danger, difficulty etc. his unflinching courage/determination.
unˈflinchingly adverb
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References in classic literature ?
Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie-- Perfect passion and worship fed By a kick in the ribs or a pat on the head.
Before her pencil he sat rigid and unflinching, as he had faced the cannon's mouth in days gone by.
He endeavoured to pronounce the name, but could not manage it; and compressing his mouth he held a silent combat with his inward agony, defying, meanwhile, my sympathy with an unflinching, ferocious stare.
The singer would have conquered an audience of American rowdies by her brave, unflinching tranquillity (for she answered encore after encore, and smiled and bowed pleasantly, and sang the best she possibly could, and went bowing off, through all the jeers and hisses, without ever losing countenance or temper:) and surely in any other land than Italy her sex and her helplessness must have been an ample protection to her--she could have needed no other.
As soon as he had seen a visitor off he returned to one of those who were still in the drawing room, drew a chair toward him or her, and jauntily spreading out his legs and putting his hands on his knees with the air of a man who enjoys life and knows how to live, he swayed to and fro with dignity, offered surmises about the weather, or touched on questions of health, sometimes in Russian and sometimes in very bad but self-confident French; then again, like a man weary but unflinching in the fulfillment of duty, he rose to see some visitors off and, stroking his scanty gray hairs over his bald patch, also asked them to dinner.
In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging and could have been from the very first -- the steadfast principles of an unflinching courage -- an uncontrollable will -- sturdy pride, which might be disciplined into self-respect -- and a bitter scorn of many things which, when examined, might be found to have the taint of falsehood in them.
The unflinching earnestness with which he declared these things; --the dark, daring play of his sleepless, excited imagination, and all the preternatural terrors of real delirium, united to invest this Gabriel in the minds of the majority of the ignorant crew, with an atmosphere of sacredness.
But he did not manage to light his lamp (I don't think he even tried), though in the morning as usual he was the first on deck, bull-necked, curly-headed, watching the hands turn-to with his sardonic expression and unflinching gaze.
Lined and hardened, as though by exposure and want of personal care, there was also a lack of sensibility, an almost animal callousness, on the coldly lit eyes and unflinching mouth, which readily suggested some terrible and recent experience--something potent enough to have dried up the human nature out of the man and left him soulless.
Sabin, with set face and unflinching figures, reproduced in a few simple strokes a wonderful likeness of the woman he loved.
When the time came, he gave up his apparatus to another and returned to the vitiated air on board, calm, unflinching, unmurmuring.
This kind of unflinching frankness was the most piquant form of joke to the company at the Rainbow, and Ben Winthrop's insult was felt by everybody to have capped Mr.