unabashed

[ uhn-uh-basht ]

adjective

1. not ashamed, disconcerted, or apologetic; boldly certain of one's position.

unabashed

/ ˌʌnəˈbæʃt /

adjective

1. not ashamed, embarrassed, or ill at ease

Other Words From

• un·a·bash·ed·ly [uhn-, uh, -, bash, -id-lee] adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unabashed¹

un- ¹ + abashed

Example Sentences

Over the next two years, we should expect the two oldest justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, to step down—and for Trump to replace them with two of the most unabashed partisans the court has ever seen.

From Slate

The nomination certainly might have gone to Harris anyway, but she would have had an extra year to prepare her campaign, stand up a policy shop, and strategize how to reconcile the unabashed progressive who sought the nomination in 2019 with the more cautious, conservative figure that Americans got to know on the campaign trail since the summer.

From Slate

I’m also an unabashed lover of puns.

From Los Angeles Times

An unabashed showman, Trump plugged into the digital age, connecting the vitriol of social media to the insecurities and fears of a working class that felt angry and betrayed by liberalism and a changing global economic order.

From Los Angeles Times

A Labour government that’s now unabashed in the big choices it’s made, the winners and losers they’ve picked.

From BBC

Related Words

• blatant
• brazen
• cheeky