unblushing

[uhn-bluhsh-ing]

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adjective

showing no shame or remorse; shameless: an unblushing confession.

not blushing.

Origin of unblushing

1585–95; un-¹ + blushing

Related formsun·blush·ing·ly, adverbun·blush·ing·ness, noun

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Related Words for unblushing

abandoned, arrant, audacious, bald-faced, barefaced, blatant, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky, depraved, dissolute, flagrant, forward, hardened, high-handed, immodest, immoral, improper

Examples from the Web for unblushing

Contemporary Examples of unblushing

Putting that aside, there is one thing they had in common: They were unblushing optimists.
Dear Mr. President, Have the Guts to Be an Optimist
Mark McKinnon
February 18, 2009

Historical Examples of unblushing

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.
The Sayings Of Confucius
Confucius
"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

immodest or shameless

Derived Formsunblushingly, adverbunblushingness, noun

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