unabashed
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of unabashed
Explanation
To be unabashed is to be unembarrassed. When you're unabashed, you're confident and proud. You're letting it all hang out. Unabashed describes how good you feel about something. If you're an unabashed Red Sox fan, you're a proud Red Sox fan. If you're an unabashed patriot, you totally love your country — and wear clothing featuring bald eagles and the American flag. This word is the opposite of abashed, which means embarrassed. If you feel bad about something, then you really can't be unabashed.
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Example Sentences
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Unabashed Laurel & Hardy fans Reilly and Coogan, the latter of whom starred in and co-wrote “Philomena,” were drawn to “Stan & Ollie” because it explored this little-known aspect of their career.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2018
Unabashed tenderness softens the portraits of Aix farmers and domestic workers Cézanne painted in the decade before his death, at 67, in 1906.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2018
Unabashed, we get the garden incinerator out on the night of the winter solstice, prepare ceremonial food and drink, and get the flames licking the sky.
From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2018
Ross Gay was recognized in the poetry category for Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude, while Kristin Valdez Quade’s story collection Night at the Fiestas won the John Leonard Prize for an outstanding first book.
From Time • Mar. 18, 2016
Unabashed couples embraced each other, rubbing elbows with other embracing pairs.
From Still Jim by Morrow, Honoré
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