unwincing

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adjective

Not wincing, showing no sign of pain or discomfort.

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Meanings

adjectiveunwincing (not comparable)
  1. figurativelynot comparableNot wincing, showing no sign of pain or discomfort.

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

    1932, Barrett Willoughby, “8, 1”, in Spawn of the North, New York: Grosset & Dunlap
    1 more example

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

    1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, chapter 41, in North and South

Origin

From un- + wincing.

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APA

unwincing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwincing

MLA

“unwincing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwincing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwincing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwincing.

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