unwincing

English

Etymology

un- +‎ wincing

Adjective

unwincing (not comparable)

1. (chiefly figuratively) Not wincing, showing no sign of pain or discomfort.
   • 1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 41, in North and South‎^[1]:

     So she sat almost motionless for hours in the drawing-room, going over the bitterness of every remembrance with an unwincing resolution.

   • 1932, Barrett Willoughby, “8, 1”, in Spawn of the North‎^[2], New York: Grosset & Dunlap:

     There the man sat, straight as a totem pole and as unwincing, while rain-squalls belabored his bare head and sweatered body.

Derived terms

• unwincingly