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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
undismayed
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Joyce was undismayed by the subjugation of the Czechs.
▪ When Richard did not respond to his greeting except by frowning and then turning away, Hugh remained undismayed.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
undismayed

1610s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of dismay (v.).

Wiktionary
undismayed

a. Not dismayed; hopeful; calm.

WordNet
undismayed

adj. unshaken in purpose; "wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made" [syn: undaunted, unshaken]

Usage examples of "undismayed".

But, undismayed, the Legionaries armed themselves, girt on their war-gear and, cool-disciplined under fire, waited the order to leap into the sea.

Reynard, still undismayed, demanded with well-feigned indignation whether he was to be held responsible for the sins of those messengers whose misfortunes were attributable to their gluttonous and thievish propensities only.

You could look at the world honestly, face its darkness undismayed because you know who you are.

A water cask broke loose and went rolling down the deck, the sail flapped madly at the sudden change of course, and one bank of oars nearly snapped before the steersman regained the tiller from the undismayed Prince.

Coramonde under Bonesteel were undismayed at the prospect of fortifying the Hightower.

McDougal and made her way toward the platform, undismayed by the gazing, smiling crowd.

A little shaken, but undismayed, Dixon stood still and, while Bertrand was still off his balance after delivering his blow, hit him very hard indeed on the larger and more convoluted of his ears.

Now round him undismayed The cannon thunders, and at night he lies At peace beneath the eternal fusillade.

Prime Minister Curtin rode the swells of Churchillian wrath undismayed, insisting that Australia had first call on Australian men.

Undismayed by the prospect, in fact rather excited by it, he ordered a large breakfast, consumed it with relish, and after pulling the connecting pin out of the ballcock in his lavatory, went along to the manager's office.

You walk on corpses, Beauty, undismayed, and Horror coruscates among your gems.

The Javas, undismayed, fired like demons, streaming with sweat under the smoky sun, often with blood.

But the girls were lovely and undismayed, shopping in every mad store, striding through those magnetic twilights like drum majorettes, tall and pink, bright packages cradled to their tender breasts.

He himself looked pale, and blinked, and I remembered what an old Norwegian captain of a whaler down in Durban had explained to me, that the Norwegians are undismayed in any storm, but their nervous system cannot stand a calm.