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
Gunn finds the right tone of unabashed earnestness and crowd-pleasing thrills, delivering the rare modern superhero movie that works as a standalone feature rather than a franchise entry.
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Devan Coggan, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
This unabashed romp is often intelligent and always hilarious.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Early Robinhood investor Malka, whom Tenev calls his mentor and whose firm has already profited on its stake by more than $5 billion by Forbes’ estimates, is an unabashed Tenev fanboy.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Then again, at this point in the meal, some unabashed heartiness was welcome.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2025
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Devan Coggan, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2025
This unabashed romp is often intelligent and always hilarious.
—Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025
Early Robinhood investor Malka, whom Tenev calls his mentor and whose firm has already profited on its stake by more than $5 billion by Forbes’ estimates, is an unabashed Tenev fanboy.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Then again, at this point in the meal, some unabashed heartiness was welcome.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabashed
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Most notable was the character Marty Morrison on Barney Miller, an out-of-the-closet and unashamed gay man.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
26 July 2025
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In any case, Mecha Break is a big and unashamed mecha game.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Next time, put your phone away, watch, and be proud.—
Janine Clements,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
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This is a proud program with a history of success, but Southern Miss has fallen on hard times, with four losing records in the last five seasons.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
19 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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Who better, then, to pry Eve loose than a rangy, rakish music journalist (Benjamin Bratt) whose game includes unironic hat-wearing and — like a dispiriting number of men in his age bracket — the unembarrassed deployment of Stephen Stills lyrics?—
Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Samsung has long been shameless about aggressive deals in the face of competition.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Monty lays in the dirt, left; and a close-up of his shameless position, right.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Unabashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unabashed. Accessed 24 Aug. 2025.
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