unashamed

[ uhn-uh-sheymd ]

adjective

1. not ashamed; not restrained by embarrassment or consciousness of moral guilt:

   a liar unashamed even after public disgrace.

2. open; unconcealed; unabashed:

   to eat with unashamed gusto.

unashamed

/ ˌʌnəˈʃeɪmɪdlɪ; ˌʌnəˈʃeɪmd /

adjective

1. lacking moral restraints
2. not embarrassed, contrite, or apologetic

Derived Forms

• ˌunaˈshamedness, noun
• unashamedly, adverb

Other Words From

• un·a·sham·ed·ly [uhn-, uh, -, shey, -mid-lee], adverb
• una·shamed·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of unashamed¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ¹ + ashamed

Example Sentences

It took decades for King to become open and unashamed about her sexuality.

From Washington Blade

I’m very unashamed and I’m not cautious in any way, which, had anything else been my job, I’d be dead.

From Ozy

I pulled a Kanye and jumped up on stage, unsolicited and unashamed.

From The Daily Beast

Unashamed about his wealth—made from sweat not speculation, he claimed—he worked at leveraging fortune into celebrity.

From The Daily Beast

It was reported that some of the girls were either unconcerned or unashamed, and even proud, of what they had done.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a small sofa which stood opposite the door naked and unashamed, in all the hideousness of the original, ugly upholstery.

From Project Gutenberg

He talked shop quite unashamed, and this evening the drawbacks of an artists life supplied his text.

From Project Gutenberg

God give it to me to do one deed—one only before I die—that, worthy and unashamed, I may meet my King.

From Project Gutenberg

He cried a little, unashamed, the tears streaming down his lined face and darkening the collar of his dress-uniform.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• audacious
• bold
• brash
• brazen
• flagrant
• high-handed
• immoral
• improper
• outrageous
• rude
• unabashed
• unprincipled
• wanton