BEAMISH Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

beamish

adjective

Definition of beamish

as in doubtless

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Recent Examples of beamish That’s not the fault of the beamish, resourceful Ross, who, as a recent Evan Hansen, has experience portraying liars. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024

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Adjective

Like any good anecdote, it feels healthily embellished — Borges was doubtless a character, but is fashioned on the page into a Character — in ways that director Marc Turtletaub‘s enjoyable, good-natured screen adaptation appears to build upon.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
As a result, mathematical truths do not make up a unified whole of equally indubitable truths; instead, their status as knowledge varies gradually from doubtless facts to increasingly uncertain hypotheses.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 18 May 2026

Definition of doubtless

Adjective

Huncho spoke to Complex about how fatherhood has already brought positive change to his life.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026
Like so many actors who grew up in Hollywood, Raven says the industry shaped her own self-image in many ways—positive, negative, and neutral.

— Kara McGrath, Allure, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of positive

Adjective

Both policies share an emphasis on supporting the commercial space industry and underscore the importance of assured access to space.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
Playing some of the most assured tennis of his career, Brandon Nakashima slowed Rafael Jódar’s roll Wednesday at the Canadian Open in Montreal, beating the red-hot teenager 7-6(3), 6-4 to advance to the biggest final of his career.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of assured

Adjective

Despite the current challenges, executives remain bullish on the channel.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Abdulsalam was bullish on a strike toward Sanaa in the future, a move that would mark a radical departure from the anti-Houthi coalition’s largely defensive posture.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of bullish

Adjective

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

Definition of unhesitating

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