unblenched

American  

[uhn-blencht] / ʌnˈblɛntʃt /

adjective

Archaic.

1. undaunted.

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unblenched British  

/ ʌnˈblɛntʃt /

adjective

1. obsolete undismayed

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Etymology

Origin of unblenched

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

Example Sentences

What heart unblenched can dare to meet this day, A day of darkness and of dire dismay?

From The Poetry of Wales by Jenkins, John

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

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Beardslee, Clark S.

Piety never more decisively asserts its celestial birth than when it stands unblenched under the frown of the persecutor, or calmly awaits the shock of death.

From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)

That holy Shame which ne'er forgets   The unblenched renown it used to wear; Whose blush remains when Virtue sets   To show her sunshine has been there.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael

He sat there unblenched and apparently unmoved, though it was plain that he was intensely watchful and ready.

From The Prairie Chief by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)