unashamed

English

Etymology

un- + ashamed

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʌnəˈʃeɪmd/

Adjective

unashamed (not comparable)

  1. feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
    • 1862, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Vivien”, in The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, page 266:
      And smiling as a Master smiles at one / That is not of his school, nor any school / But that where blind and naked Ignorance / Delivers brawling judgments, unashamed, / On all things all day long ; he answer’d her.
    • 1990 September 1, Norma Romano-Benner, “Shaping the ’90s”, in Americas:
      There is a similarity between the dynamics of the streets of New York and the dynamics of a Latin American plaza. Menendez suggests that they both capture a fascination with fashion, the appreciation for that which is done merely for effect, its unashamed desire to squander it all.
    • 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)
      Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.

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