undauntableadj.
That cannot be daunted; indomitable. (Frequently in 17th cent.)
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the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > dreadlessness > [adjective] > that cannot be dismayed
undismayablea1586
undauntable1587
unabashable1848
up-hearted1861
1587 J. Harmar tr. T. de Bèze Serm. 381 The vndauntable insolencie of Pharao.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 60 He will welcome me with a fierce reioynder:..& so forth in infinitum, with an vndauntable courage.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 862/1 Their enemies no lesse fierce and vndauntable, then fortunate.
1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 589 Of an haughtie and vndauntable spirit.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 181 That heroick and undauntable Boldness.
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son liv. 541 She was resolute, he saw; undauntable.
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