unblenchedadj.
1. Not blenched or turned aside; undismayed, unflinching.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > undauntedness > [adjective]
undiscomfitedc1374
unabased?a1400
unfeared1435
heart-wholea1470
unamoved1513
unastonished1533
unbashed1536
unfrayedc1540
unabashed1571
unmated1577
unappalled1578
unquailed1583
undaunted1587
undashed1595
undeterred1607
undismayed1615
unblenched1637
unstarted1659
unstartled1659
unawed1693
unhesitating1753
unintimidated1764
undaunting1786
unquailing1824
qualmless1888
uncowed1891
1637 J. Milton Comus 15 Yea there, where very desolation dwells..She may passe on with unblench't majestie.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe IV. iii. 237 His eye roams unblenched in the light, before which that of Pascal had been veiled in awe.
1844 I. Williams Baptistery II. iv. 98 He who seem'd an unblench'd eye to bear.
1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) IV. xxiv. 494 Wesley's mental constitution was not robust enough to gaze on the future with unblenched calm.
2. Unstained, untarnished.Perhaps vaguely associated with blench v.2
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > purity > [adjective] > specifically of conduct, qualities, etc.
fairOE
unblendedc1340
unspotted1455
unviolated1555
uncorrupted1571
unattainted1597
uninfected1628
unvitiateda1637
unsullied1659
unabused1661
unadulterate1664
candid1667
unwarped1744
unspecked1781
unblenched1813
unsunned1843
unattaint1850
unsubverted1872
unsmutched1879
unshadowed1891
1813 S. T. Coleridge Night-scene 66 I swore to her, that were she red with guilt, I would exchange my unblenched state with hers.
1817 S. T. Coleridge Zapolya Prel. i. 17 Let the Queen Dowager, with unblench'd honors, Resume her state.
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