as in unashamed
not embarrassed or ashamed
unabashed by their booing and hissing, he continued with his musical performance
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Recent Examples of unabashed
No happening is too solemn, in this world, for a heaping portion of unabashed self-promotion.
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
And this collection is an unabashed ode to all that is beautiful.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Wu, an unabashed liberal, now could be following those legendary mayors with a resounding win against Kraft.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Still, the way the doc lingers on its unabashed celebration of Candy’s life and work yet rushes through its brief examination of his psyche prevents it from being a total knockout.
—Beandrea July, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
And this collection is an unabashed ode to all that is beautiful.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Wu, an unabashed liberal, now could be following those legendary mayors with a resounding win against Kraft.
—Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Still, the way the doc lingers on its unabashed celebration of Candy’s life and work yet rushes through its brief examination of his psyche prevents it from being a total knockout.
—Beandrea July, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabashed
Adjective
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As long as the Jewish state stands on the front lines of civilization, the United States must remain at its side, unwavering, unbowed, and unashamed.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Sep. 2025
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Parson’s future fashion leaders used riotous, unashamed, almost unruly brightness — fused with enormous amounts of structure, substance, and intent.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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IndieWire is proud to announce that Art House New York is launching, thanks to founder Lesli Klainberg, former president of Film at Lincoln Center.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
8 Oct. 2025
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Pinochet was proud of his personal library, with books on guerrilla insurgencies, the writings of Antonio Gramsci and other Marxist theorists, and accounts of communist crimes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The way Skye nestles her head into the crook of her brother’s neck or drapes herself across his legs after an unembarrassed display of grief is ineffably moving.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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Del Rey’s feathery croon was totally wrong for the song, which calls for an unembarrassed quality that’s not part of her whole deal.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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These platforms are governed by algorithms that tend to prioritize engagement above all else, amplifying the loudest, most shameless users because these voices will draw in other voices.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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Things don’t go well, resulting in a Lord of the Flies–esque battle between, among others, Jude Law’s idealist and Ana de Armas’s shameless sensualist.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Unabashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unabashed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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