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flinchless

flinchless adjective: unflinching; boldly resolute.

Adjective

flinchless (comparative more flinchless, superlative most flinchless)

  1. Unflinching; boldly resolute.
    • The pale, inscrutable determinateness, and flinchless intrepidity of Pierre, now began to domineer upon them; for any social unusualness or greatness is sometimes most impressive in the retrospect.1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book XXIV. Lucy at the Apostles’.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section IV, page 445

Forms of flinchless

comparativemore flinchless
superlativemost flinchless

Origin of flinchless

From flinch + -less.

Questions about flinchless

What does flinchless mean?
Flinchless means unflinching; boldly resolute.
What part of speech is flinchless?
Flinchless is an adjective.

Words near flinchless in the dictionary

  1. flinchers
  2. flinches
  3. flinching
  4. flinchingly
  5. flinchings
  6. flinchless
  7. flincht
  8. Flinchum
  9. Flinchums
  10. flinchy
  11. flinder

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