UNSHAKEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unshaken mean? 

• UNSHAKEN (adjective)
  The adjective UNSHAKEN has 1 sense:

1. unshaken in purpose

  Familiarity information: UNSHAKEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNSHAKEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unshaken in purpose

Synonyms:

undaunted; undismayed; unshaken

Context example:

wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made

Similar:

resolute (firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination)

 Context examples 

I have as companions three remarkable men, men of great brain-power and of unshaken courage.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was a fine dry night; frost in the air; the streets as clean as a ballroom floor; the lamps, unshaken by any wind, drawing a regular pattern of light and shadow.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A day, and a very early day, was actually fixed for the Crawfords' departure; and Sir Thomas thought it might be as well to make one more effort for the young man before he left Mansfield, that all his professions and vows of unshaken attachment might have as much hope to sustain them as possible.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

The colour which had been driven from her face, returned for half a minute with an additional glow, and a smile of delight added lustre to her eyes, as she thought for that space of time that his affection and wishes must still be unshaken.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

She was stronger alone, and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable, as with regrets so poignant and so fresh, it was possible for them to be.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

In the tractability with which, at my wish, you forsook a study in which you were interested, and adopted another because it interested me; in the untiring assiduity with which you have since persevered in it—in the unflagging energy and unshaken temper with which you have met its difficulties—I acknowledge the complement of the qualities I seek.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)