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
For this poet, the first place of childhood and language is his village in the South, a place that has continued to exist in defiance of some of the most brutal forces of occupation, aggression, and now unabashed annihilation.
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Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
That message, preaching unabashed ambition, seeped into everything, from books and podcasts to social media posts.
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Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Come for the arch, bitchy humor promised by the title and the director’s general social media brand; stay for the unabashed sweetness of the enterprise; leave with the distinct sense that there’s more to Firstman than his online persona.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 May 2026
Democrats have the opportunity to embrace an oppositional agenda for the first time since the 1960s — an unabashed return to the party’s Rooseveltian roots that won four consecutive terms in office and improved the quality of life for millions.
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Alexander Heffner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
That message, preaching unabashed ambition, seeped into everything, from books and podcasts to social media posts.
—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Come for the arch, bitchy humor promised by the title and the director’s general social media brand; stay for the unabashed sweetness of the enterprise; leave with the distinct sense that there’s more to Firstman than his online persona.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 May 2026
Democrats have the opportunity to embrace an oppositional agenda for the first time since the 1960s — an unabashed return to the party’s Rooseveltian roots that won four consecutive terms in office and improved the quality of life for millions.
—
Alexander Heffner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabashed
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Dodgers relief pitcher Blake Treinen is an outspoken Christian who has been unashamed to share his faith and conservative thoughts.
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Dramatic currents, once suppressed, here bloom unashamed.
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Mamdani, proud of his socialist values, had developed a language for communicating a collective, interdependent vision of city life through his consistent emphasis on affordability.
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This is also where the film dips into the past and becomes awash in the proud history of Hawaiian surfing, bowing at the legend of the great Duke Kahanamoku and going deep into others and how the sport became such a religion for many, notably devotee Kristen.
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The passions are big and unembarrassed.
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The Wendy Eisenberg of Wendy Eisenberg is newly unafraid of love songs, or at least unembarrassed by their proclamations.
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Its summary, from the title throughout, is shameless propaganda.
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But it’s also used a little too freely to tell, not show, making things a little too easy for the most shameless second-screen viewers out there.
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“Unabashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unabashed. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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