UNASHAMEDLY Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

unashamed

adjective

ˌən-ə-ˈshāmd

Definition of unashamed

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 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 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, 29 Jan. 2026 There have also been numerous shore leave adventures and unashamed comedy outings where the protagonists' actions have little bearing on the universe beyond their starship hull. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2026 This was an unashamed 5-4-1 in three clear banks for long periods of the match, gritty, sniffing out second balls and home errors, clearances, blocks, recoveries, choosing when to press and when to sit. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unashamed

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Adjective

For starters, Drive’s dreamy and unabashed aestheticism represented a break from the rougher, more visceral films on which Winding Refn had built his reputation.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
She is considered the Canadian equivalent to the Down Under disco queen Kylie Minogue by some, and recalls a young Taylor Swift for her unabashed earnestness.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of unabashed

Adjective

Joe has always been ruthless, but never quite as tunnel-visioned in her motivations.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026
Therefore, if Question 3 passes in this fall’s elections, Annapolis Democrats will forever be able to engage in ruthless gerrymandering to ensure that Maryland never elects another Republican or independent to Congress.

— Chris West, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruthless

Adjective

White’s Jimmy Hurdstrom is a good-hearted yet rough-around-the-edges ranch hand who evolved from a troubled criminal into a resilient, proud cowboy.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
The reason that's so significant is multifaceted, but his main transgression and the thing that ultimately lost him his job was the recent skid of the once-proud FSU football team.

— Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of proud

Adjective

The Housewife is certainly at its most potent during those earlier sequences, when Sheridan’s Lelyveld is under the mistaken impression that Hermine Ryan is the unwitting victim rather than the unrepentant perpetrator.

— Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Voldemort, Harry Potter Cruel with no hope of redemption, Harry Potter‘s nemesis (Ralph Fiennes in the films) is an old-school unrepentant, power-hungry, control freak.

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of unrepentant

Adjective

Her sincerity, combined with her slow Texas drawl, had an unembarrassed, guileless quality to it.

— Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of unembarrassed

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Warriors fans might just have to stomach a few shameless foul-baiting antics in a late back-to-back in Oklahoma City.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026
Only his father’s respectability, and perhaps his odd Motown accent, spared him from getting cussed out by bridesmaids at society weddings as a wastrel and drunkard, a shameless woman-wrapper.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of shameless

Adjective

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney described Heuermann as a remorseless and sadistic serial killer who cared only about himself.

— Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026
Blackwood, with her firsthand knowledge of drafty manors and unhinged families, explains with remorseless precision what lies behind the fantasy—what happens when the houses, and the people in them, are neither charismatic nor lovable.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 10 June 2026

Definition of remorseless

Adjective

Bronwyn’s mother, Muzzy, who was lambasted all of last season for being cold and arguably cruel to her daughter, is notably softer in her first scene back — though the bob is as cunty as ever.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
He was convicted of four counts of war crimes including murder, torture, cruel treatment and arbitrary detention.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

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