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unblushing

[uhn-bluhsh-ing]
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adjective
  1. showing no shame or remorse; shameless: an unblushing confession.
  2. not blushing.
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Origin of unblushing

1585–95; un-1 + blushing
Related formsun·blush·ing·ly, adverbun·blush·ing·ness, noun
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Related Words

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  • And to the violence which prevailed was added the most unblushing bribery.

    The Grand Old Man

    Richard B. Cook

  • The Master said, When words are unblushing, they are hard to make good.

  • "Because he loved her," replies the young man, with unblushing mendacity.

    Floyd Grandon's Honor

    Amanda Minnie Douglas

  • Surely the world has grown strangely intrusive and unblushing.

    Laurus Nobilis

    Vernon Lee

  • He has an astonishing amount of artfulness and unblushing impudence.

    Tom, The Bootblack

    Horatio Alger

British Dictionary definitions for unblushing

unblushing

adjective
  1. immodest or shameless
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Derived Formsunblushingly, adverbunblushingness, noun
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