unsqueamishadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > lacking emotional sensibility
unfeelingc1000
mis-feelinga1382
stonishc1450
unpainfulc1450
obtuse1509
sprightlessa1522
insensate1553
senseless1560
soulless1568
dull-esprited1591
impassible1592
bluntie1598
impenetrable1600
stockish1600
stolidc1600
incapable1601
stupid1605
tasteless1605
unsensitive1610
unexalted1611
insensible1617
unsensible1619
languid1622
immovable1639
dead-hearted1642
sterile1642
resupine1643
unaffectionate1645
iron-bound1648
resentlessa1649
torpid1656
torpulent1657
impassive1699
unreceptive1722
hebete1743
apathetic1744
stubbed1744
gustless1766
unresponsive1768
unsusceptible1779
tideless-blooded1786
unaffectioned1788
inaccessible1796
hebetudinous1820
unimpressible1828
insensitive1834
apathetical1835
non-sensitive1836
blunt-hearted1845
irreceptive1846
unreceptant1846
unimpressionable1847
anaesthetic1860
insentient1860
hard (also tough, sharp) as nails1862
unsqueamish1893
tone-deaf1894
unget-at-able1897
facty1901
zombie1937
pegamoid1957
the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [adjective]
slowc1384
imperturbablea1475
sober-minded1534
well-staid1550
settled1557
sober1564
steady1602
unprovokable1646
good-tempered1685
inirritable1794
well-adjusted1809
unvolatile1823
inexcitable1828
unrufflable1828
churchwardenly1830
unruffable1837
unexcitable1839
unrousable1842
well-tempered1852
middle-aged1853
unsqueamish1893
unflappable1958
1893 Athenæum 4 Feb. 157/3 This pushing, unsqueamish age.
Derivatives
unˈsqueamishly adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adverb] > not fastidiously
unsqueamishly1959
1959 Times 24 Jan. 7/7 The Calvinism that Burns satirized..was unsqueamishly aware of man's carnal nature.
1976 National Observer (U.S.) 27 Mar. 19/2 Vidal's fiction is true to the spirit of 1876, an age that was unsqueamishly exploitive and loved the grand scale.
unˈsqueamishness n.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] > lack of fastidiousness
unsqueamishness1922
1922 F. L. Lucas Seneca & Elizabethan Tragedy iv. 97 With Tudor unsqueamishness the audience then proceeded to watch Tereus dining off his son's flesh.
1970 Daily Tel. 6 Feb. 17 The nurses are..tireless. All the virtues of the Victorian heroine are there, with unsqueamishness added for good measure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1893