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
Pope Francis was an unabashed critic of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and repeatedly spoke out against Kirill’s close relationship with the Kremlin.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 23 May 2025
On display was his transactional approach to foreign policy, an unabashed drive for commercial deals — including with countries where his family has business interests — and a disregard for conventions and longstanding US foreign policy objectives.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
An unabashed fan of autocrats all over the world, Trump has always favored Russia over Ukraine—even going so far as to blame Ukraine for Russia's invasion.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
His new, nearly 62-minute-long, album spotlights both facets of the man who was a superb, forward-looking musician and an unabashed old-school entertainer wrapped into one.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 23 May 2025
On display was his transactional approach to foreign policy, an unabashed drive for commercial deals — including with countries where his family has business interests — and a disregard for conventions and longstanding US foreign policy objectives.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
An unabashed fan of autocrats all over the world, Trump has always favored Russia over Ukraine—even going so far as to blame Ukraine for Russia's invasion.
—Kevin Sabet, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
His new, nearly 62-minute-long, album spotlights both facets of the man who was a superb, forward-looking musician and an unabashed old-school entertainer wrapped into one.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unabashed
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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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Rickey was unashamed of his brilliance, which meant he couldn’t be dissuaded from proclaiming it.—
Marcus Thompson II,
The Athletic,
25 Dec. 2024
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Their many successes and proud history are well known, so there are plenty of arguments to support Madrid in this competition… and also to want anyone but them to win it.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
8 June 2025
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For a bit of old soul Florida, head to Everglades City, a proud frontier town in subtropical swamp wilderness.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
8 June 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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Finally, few local institutions are as financially fragile, and equally shameless, as CPS, which is projecting a $391 million budget gap next year; and like its sister agencies, pointing fingers at Washington and Springfield instead of looking in the mirror.—
Andy Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
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Soon, Musk recirculated a meme on X of Trump as a shameless liar.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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“Unabashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unabashed. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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