unblenched

[ uhn-blencht ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. undaunted.

unblenched

/ ʌnˈblɛntʃt /

adjective

1. obsolete.
   undismayed

Word History and Origins

Origin of unblenched¹

First recorded in 1625–35; un- ¹ + blench ¹ + -ed ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of unblenched¹

C17: from un- ¹+ blench ¹

Example Sentences

Only Macaulay's "schoolboy" would probably be found to enter upon it with unblenched countenance, and to accomplish it successfully.

From Project Gutenberg

It can gaze unblenched and unamazed into the awful face of evil.

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Now I tread these floors with a proud step, and meet your eye with unblenched brow, because it is necessary to show you that in defence of my opinions I feel neither fear nor guilt—but when I walk from this place into the wilderness of the world, my steps will falter and my face will pale, because my path will lie over the grave of my child.'

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Ah! how many there are, who dare unseen dangers, who even meet the reality of peril with flashing eye, a fevered cheek, and brow unblenched, but who, in the dread pause between plan and action, quail at the loud beating of their own hearts!

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He was erect, defiant, and unblenched.

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