unblushing
Americanadjective
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showing no shame or remorse; shameless.
an unblushing confession.
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not blushing.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of unblushing
First recorded in 1585–95; un- 1 + blush ( def. ) + -ing 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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“And yet Andrew Johnson, with unblushing hardihood, undertook to rule them by his own power alone.”
From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019
And he took this on with an unblushing readiness that, viewed from a certain angle, was impressive in the extreme.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2018
Ms. Lind has given us an unblushing bride who appreciates her own worth.
From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2018
What the world got was a brave, fabulous, unblushing, gay Howard Stern.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2012
These were the rules of conduct that Madame Wtorkowska gave to her daughter, who soon became accomplished in all her refinements: the art of dissimulation, habitual and unblushing falsehood, elegant and perfumed deceit.
From The Jew by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy
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