unsqueamishness
Tolerance for grossness
Unsqueamishness is the quality of not being easily disturbed by unpleasant sights, situations, or moral complexities.
Someone with unsqueamishness can handle gore, difficult truths, or ethically murky territory without flinching: The job required a certain unsqueamishness about blood.
The word often carries a note of pragmatic toughness.
Consent to receive
- open-mindednessAcceptance of differing viewpoints
- broad-mindednessOpenness to differing views
- nonjudgmentalNot forming harsh opinions
- forbearancePatient self-control, delayed enforcement
permissiveness · liberality · latitude · indulgence · understanding · unprudish · worldliness · sophistication
Refusing to show fear
- unflappableImpossible to disturb
- coolheadedCalm when stressed
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
composure · imperturbability · sangfroid · poise · calmness · collectedness · levelheadedness · detachment
Ability to endure adversity
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- robustnessResistance to failure
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
stamina · endurance · sturdiness · iron-willed · steeliness · backbone · mettle · tenacity
Frank, unvarnished manner
- directnessQuality of being straightforward
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- plainspokennessUnadorned directness in speech
- outspokennessBold, direct expression
forthrightness · unvarnished · matter-of-factness · straightforwardness · honesty · explicitness · unabashedness · baldness
acceptance
Consent to receive
- open-mindednessAcceptance of differing viewpoints
- broad-mindednessOpenness to differing views
- nonjudgmentalNot forming harsh opinions
forbearance · permissiveness · liberality · latitude · indulgence · understanding · unprudish · worldliness · sophistication · cosmopolitanism
unflinching
Refusing to show fear
- unflappableImpossible to disturb
- coolheadedCalm when stressed
- equanimityUnshakable mental steadiness
stoicism · composure · imperturbability · sangfroid · poise · calmness · collectedness · levelheadedness · detachment · dispassion
hardiness
Ability to endure adversity
- toughnessResilient durability under strain
- robustnessResistance to failure
- gritDetermination or abrasive particles
resilience · stamina · endurance · sturdiness · iron-willed · steeliness · backbone · mettle · tenacity · ruggedness
bluntness
Frank, unvarnished manner
- directnessQuality of being straightforward
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- plainspokennessUnadorned directness in speech
outspokenness · forthrightness · unvarnished · matter-of-factness · straightforwardness · honesty · explicitness · unabashedness · baldness · tactlessness
unsqueamishnesssqueamishness
Excessive sensitivity to unpleasantness
queasiness · squeamish · delicacy · sensitivity · fastidiousness
unsqueamishnessscrupulousness
Careful moral precision
moral qualms · compunction · prudishness · overscrupulousness · qualms