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
Still, the sequel is an unabashed hit by any measure, having cost only $110 million to produce.
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ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Zendaya's fashion exploration began during that period of unabashed era of '00s style.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
But the stunt goes south as Wooley turns out to be an unabashed bigot who embarrasses the show and gets scolded by the host.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
The electricity of this Ivanov can sometimes give it a lurid, Frankenstein-ish quality, and the unabashed intensity works.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Zendaya's fashion exploration began during that period of unabashed era of '00s style.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
But the stunt goes south as Wooley turns out to be an unabashed bigot who embarrasses the show and gets scolded by the host.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2026
The electricity of this Ivanov can sometimes give it a lurid, Frankenstein-ish quality, and the unabashed intensity works.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unabashed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabashed
Adjective
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Set the scene There’s a definitive vibe to Boudoir de Muses—one that’s romantic in an overt way, and unashamed of its provocative nature.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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In unashamed authoritarian fashion, the university barred journalists from the campus just before the police raid, and threatened their own student journalists with arrest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Simulation Academy at Yale is proud to announce the Graduation of approximately 75 students on Saturday, May 2.—
Simulation Academy at Yale,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
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The Wendy Eisenberg of Wendy Eisenberg is newly unafraid of love songs, or at least unembarrassed by their proclamations.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2026
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His light, slurring, hornlike, Al Green-ish singing now melted into the rest of his watery compositions, making the lyrics hard to hear but his great reservoir of unembarrassed feeling impossible to miss.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2025
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Across its many subgenres, reality television is a format that contains multitudes, including competition, luxury, romance, aspirational support or instruction, scopophilia, pure escapism, and, at its most shameless (and sometimes, yes, gratifying), a heaping portion of schadenfreude.—
Todd Gilchrist,
IndieWire,
7 May 2026
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But this is a pretty shameless rip off of an internet classic.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Unabashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unabashed. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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