as in unabashed
not embarrassed or ashamed
he seemed thoroughly unembarrassed by his sycophantic behavior at the company party
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Recent Examples of unembarrassed
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?
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The strippers are rock-star parts, gloriously unembarrassed, scene-stealers if ever there were any.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Domingo replies, practically batting his eyelashes, unembarrassed to ask me to expand on my compliment.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Exultant Republicans are claiming vindication for their unembarrassed support of Israel’s merciless military strategy.
—Robert Grenier, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
The strippers are rock-star parts, gloriously unembarrassed, scene-stealers if ever there were any.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
Domingo replies, practically batting his eyelashes, unembarrassed to ask me to expand on my compliment.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Exultant Republicans are claiming vindication for their unembarrassed support of Israel’s merciless military strategy.
—Robert Grenier, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unembarrassed
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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
Adjective
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There are certainly some top-notch barbecue restaurants that made the cut, but the Michelin selection barely scratches the surface of the South’s long, proud barbecue tradition.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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What’s left now is a proud elite program trying to scrape its way into bowl season.—
D’Joumbarey Moreau,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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As long as the Jewish state stands on the front lines of civilization, the United States must remain at its side, unwavering, unbowed, and unashamed.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Sep. 2025
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Parson’s future fashion leaders used riotous, unashamed, almost unruly brightness — fused with enormous amounts of structure, substance, and intent.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 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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“Unembarrassed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unembarrassed. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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