unblenched

American

[uhn-blencht] / ʌnˈblɛntʃt /

adjective

Archaic.

undaunted.

unblenched British

/ ʌnˈblɛntʃt /

adjective

obsolete undismayed

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Etymology

Origin of unblenched

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

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unblenched

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

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

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 W. D. (William Dool) Killen

"She passes on in unblenched majesty," said Lady Delacour.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 03 by Maria Edgeworth

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 Clark S. Beardslee

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

From The Poetry of Wales by John Jenkins

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