Definition: (adjective) Showing neither fear nor indecision; resolute.
Synonyms: unintimidated, unshrinking, unblinking.
Usage: He held a silent combat with his inward agony, defying, meanwhile, my sympathy with an unflinching, ferocious stare.
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