unabashed
adjUS, UK /ˌʌnəˈbæʃt/
Etymology From un- + abashed.
1
Not disconcerted or embarrassed.
- For the third time Allan looked at his lawyer. And for the third time his lawyer looked back at him quite unabashed.1866, Wilkie Collins, Armadale, Third book, Chapter V:
- Armed with her utter faith in the goodness she must stand unabashed before the arrogance that scoffs at the power of spirit.1919, Rabindranath Tagore, Letter to M. K. Gandhi:
2
Of actions, emotions, facts, etc.: that are not concealed or disguised, or not eliciting shame.
- [G]oodness is of a modest nature, easily discouraged, and when much privacy, elbowed in early life by unabashed vices, is apt to retire into extreme privacy, [...]1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter XXXIV, in Middlemarch […], volume II, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book IV, page 180:
- [...]; a balance not artfully calculated, as her tears and her falterings showed, but resulting naturally from her unabashed sincerity.1920, Edith Wharton, “Chapter XXV”, in The Age of Innocence:
1 more example
- As much about the singer-songwriter’s life now as then, “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon” is an unabashed celebration of musical genius that’s at its best when looking back.2024 March 15, Brian Lowry, “‘In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon’ will leave you feeling groovy”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- unabashedly, unabashedness