UNHESITATING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

unhesitating

adjective

Definition of unhesitating

as in unfaltering

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Recent Examples of unhesitating That legacy also lives on through Hugs From Hadley, a nonprofit founded by Doug Hanna to honor their daughter's unhesitating love for people. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 3 July 2026 The film doesn’t idealize the president as a man of unhesitating certainties. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025 Proulx is an unhesitating observer of people and places, neither idealizing nor villainizing, but her acuity depends on a certain distance. — Michelle Nijhuis, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023 Not simply your toleration, but your moral assent and your unhesitating affirmation. — John Hirschauer, National Review, 14 Oct. 2019 The acceleration is unhesitating and rewarding, but there is much droning in the cabin at highway speeds. — Mark Maynard, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2019 Harmon offered an unhesitating apology for abusing his power. — Sean O'Neal, GQ, 30 May 2018

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unhesitating

Adjective

His flow is fierce and unfaltering, while the choreography is kinetic and intense.

— Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2024
Much of this might have been formulaic in less artful hands, but Kore-eda has an unfaltering lightness of touch, a way of injecting emotional veracity and spontaneity into every moment.

— David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2022

Definition of unfaltering

Adjective

The meaning is largely in the emotion and intelligence Lily brings to bear upon her work, the process, the insistent intertwining of her creativity and her becoming.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
It was meant to be, as 860’s insistent underscoring by Marc Shaiman will often remind you.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of insistent

Adjective

People also must be tested for HIV prior to starting the drug and with each injection; drug-resistant HIV has been identified when used by people with an undiagnosed HIV infection.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
What reaches Earth is usually small, dense and heat-resistant, such as titanium, steel and glass.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of resistant

Adjective

For now, weekly cases of dengue are slowing a bit, while still persistent, in Florida as the state welcomes cooler, drier air.

— Jessica Meszaros, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026
Every microservice and Kubernetes workload must be right-sized upfront—CPU limits, memory requests, persistent and ephemeral storage, and GPU allocation.

— Karan Alang, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of persistent

Adjective

But in Roy, an enthusiastic and tenacious California deputy attorney general, the city will have a proactive top litigator who’s ready to play offense.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
Astronomers continued to utilize Swift in the months since then, and only recently said their farewells to the intrepid, tenacious observatory.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of tenacious

Adjective

Remembering Dolores Huerta The fiery and resolute activist who helped launch and guide the nation’s first enduring labor union for poor farmworkers, and later became an inspiration to women and liberal true believers, has died.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
And after October 7, opposition to the notion has become far more resolute.

— Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2026

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