Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not mingled; not mixed; unmixed; unalloyed; pure: as, to view some event with unmingled dread.

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  • adjective not mingled

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  • adjective not mixed with extraneous elements

Etymologies

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From un- +‎ mingled.

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Examples

  • She looked forward to our union with placid contentment, not unmingled with a little fear, which past misfortunes had impressed, that what now appeared certain and tangible happiness, might soon dissipate into an airy dream, and leave no trace but deep and everlasting regret.

    Chapter 22 2010

  • The magistrate appeared at first perfectly incredulous, but as I continued he became more attentive and interested; I saw him sometimes shudder with horror, at others a lively surprise, unmingled with disbelief, was painted on his countenance.

    Chapter 6 2010

  • The magistrate appeared at first perfectly incredulous, but as I continued he became more attentive and interested; I saw him sometimes shudder with horror, at others a lively surprise, unmingled with disbelief, was painted on his countenance.

    Chapter 23 2010

  • She looked forward to our union with placid contentment, not unmingled with a little fear, which past misfortunes had impressed, that what now appeared certain and tangible happiness, might soon dissipate into an airy dream, and leave no trace but deep and everlasting regret.

    Chapter 5 2010

  • There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010

  • There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010

  • There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive Jack Canfield 2010

  • This is the opinion of a critic who encamps on the highest pinnacles of literature; and the author is so far fortunate in having incurred his censure, that it gives his modesty a decent apology for quoting the praise, which it would have ill-befited him to bring forward in an unmingled state.

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • Strange as it may seem, a thrill of awe, which shot across my mind at that instant, was not unmingled with a wild and mysterious feeling of wonder, almost amounting to pleasure.

    Redgauntlet 2008

  • The physician meanwhile looked on him with a countenance of surprise, not unmingled with contempt; for the Eastern people make no allowance for these mercurial changes in the temper, and consider open laughter, upon almost any account, as derogatory to the dignity of man, and becoming only to women and children.

    The Talisman 2008

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