unfearedadj.
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the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > undauntedness > [adjective]
undiscomfitedc1374
unabased?a1400
unfeared1435
heart-wholea1470
unamoved1513
unastonished1533
unbashed1536
unfrayedc1540
unabashed1571
unmated1577
unappalled1578
unquailed1583
undaunted1587
undashed1595
undeterred1607
undismayed1615
unblenched1637
unstarted1659
unstartled1659
unawed1693
unhesitating1753
unintimidated1764
undaunting1786
unquailing1824
qualmless1888
uncowed1891
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 100 Als þi saule criste truly has soght & vnferde & in sekynge wolde not cees.
c1475 Cath. Angl. 127/2 (A) Vn-Ferde, vbi hardy.
1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne i. lii. 11 Vnfear'd in fight, vntir'd with hurt or wound.
1611 B. Jonson Catiline iv. sig. I Though Heauen should speake, with all his wrath at once,..we should stand vpright, and vnfear'd. View more context for this quotation
1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) ii. 556 He yet vnfear'd, his anger doth retain.
2. Not regarded with fear; undreaded.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adjective] > terrorless > not regarded with terror or fear
unfeareda1625
undreaded1647
a1625 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Two Noble Kinsmen (1634) i. ii. 64 A most unbounded Tyrant, whose successes Makes heaven unfeard . View more context for this quotation
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 187 Not nocent yet, but on the grassie Herbe Fearless unfeard he slept.
1796 S. T. Coleridge Destiny of Nations 146 That..herself Unfeared by Fellow-natures, she might wait On the poor labouring man with kindly looks.
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 291 It is the thing Unfeared and unforethought which tempts, betrays.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 597 Till death unfeared at last shall come to me.
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