unflinching

[uhn-flin-ching]

adjective

1. not flinching; flinch; unshrinking.

   unflinching courage.

   Synonyms: unfaltering, steadfast, constant, steady

unflinching

/ ʌnˈflɪntʃɪŋ /

adjective

1. not shrinking from danger, difficulty, etc

Other Word Forms

• unflinchingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unflinching¹

First recorded in 1720–30; un- ¹ + flinch ¹ + -ing ²

Example Sentences

It’s the song on the album that most directly addresses her breakup, and does so unflinchingly with a sorrowful piano.

From Los Angeles Times

Sir Keir is now unflinching and explicit, talking of what he calls the "open fight" he wants with Reform - a "battle for the soul of this country".

From BBC

And to his credit, Aster’s film is wryly perceptive, unflinching in the way it lampoons both the right and the left, the maskless and the socially distanced.

From Salon

Such is the rub you may find yourself in with iconoclastic Spanish director Albert Serra’s “Afternoons of Solitude,” his first nonfiction film, an unflinching gaze at bullfighting, its hushed, ornate rituals and gruesome realities.

From Los Angeles Times

So - as a result of Labour's recent history - an unflinching attitude to dealing with anything regarded as antisemitic has always been central to Sir Keir's leadership.

From BBC

Related Words

• fearless 
• gritty 
• resolute 
• staunch 
• steadfast 
• tenacious 
• unwavering 
• unyielding