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as in unabashed
not embarrassed or ashamed
unashamed of her religious beliefs and values
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as in ruthless
not sorry for having done wrong
even after being convicted of housing violations, the slumlord remained as unashamed as ever
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Recent Examples of unashamed
What’s different, after 25 years of all that freshly unashamed ABBA love, is that our wistful nostalgia isn’t just for ABBA anymore.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
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
Oasis were always unashamed in their ambition and bold about conquering the world, but they were staggered by the experience of playing at their club’s home stadium.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 29 June 2025
And yet Melissa McCarthy’s gut-busting bridesmaid, Megan, went the extra mile down the path of crazy, from her unabashed man-hunting to her unashamed puppy kidnapping.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2025
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
Oasis were always unashamed in their ambition and bold about conquering the world, but they were staggered by the experience of playing at their club’s home stadium.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 29 June 2025
And yet Melissa McCarthy’s gut-busting bridesmaid, Megan, went the extra mile down the path of crazy, from her unabashed man-hunting to her unashamed puppy kidnapping.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unashamed
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One of the great pleasures of anime is that its unabashed, rollicky genre pieces are often suffused with grand, but not grandiose, sociopolitical commentary — a heady combination that many similar pictures can’t pull off.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Taylor Swift’s music blared in the background; Tice was an unabashed Swift fan.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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Those hoping to snatch a home in this busy period faced limited options on the market, as the country’s developers had chronically underbuilt compared to demand in the years following the subprime mortgage crisis, leading to ruthless bidding wars and climbing home values.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Hedda orchestrates a ruthless game of manipulation, where lust, jealousy and betrayal collide.—
Patrick Hipes,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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Like Meghan, Mookie is also a proud parent of two.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Creating a brand that uplifts underrepresented communities is my proudest accomplishment.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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And there is an unrepentant, politically incorrect villain with a dose of personality.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Josh Safdie cannot resist an unrepentant scumbag protagonist.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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The most prominent bankers in the country were unembarrassed to defend the practice by arguing that if the common person can buy a refrigerator on credit, why not a stock?—
Evan Hughes,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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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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Katherine Clark acknowledged on Fox that the Democrats’ shameless ploy would cause hardships for some Americans.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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The father, Fyodor Karamazov, is a grasping, lecherous, deceitful, and shameless widower.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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None of that prevailed on Gov. Ron DeSantis, who rejected clemency (as usual, without comment) or on the Florida Supreme Court, which has become the nation’s most remorseless and predictable death factory.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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It is imperiled by a tyrannical president, a cowardly Congress and a remorseless Supreme Court.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2025
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In Pahani’s 2006 award-winning comedy Offside, about the cruel cultural chains binding Iranian women, a group of young women attempt to gain entry to a stadium to watch a World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Japan.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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There is no reason to be cruel to people.—
Sigal Ratner-Arias,
Billboard,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Unashamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unashamed. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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