as in unabashed
not embarrassed or ashamed
he seemed thoroughly unembarrassed by his sycophantic behavior at the company party
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Recent Examples of unembarrassed
Wilt, being unembarrassed and unashamed of his own desires, created an environment where other stars were able to demand their share of the pie.
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Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2023
The other actors are professional, but their effect is muted by Hunter’s deliberate remoteness — the unembarrassed self-pity that does not advance the deep empathy summoned by more-skillful gay playwrights of an earlier era such as Terence Rattigan, William Inge, and Tennessee Williams.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Mar. 2023
Some argue that Rockwell’s America was impossibly idealized: the sunny optimism, the unembarrassed patriotism, the unified striving for the goodness that life can offer.
—Bob Greene, WSJ, 5 July 2022
The Republicans’ unembarrassed witch hunt against Omar, one of the only members of Congress who actively uses her platform to speak truth against foreign despotism everywhere, says it all about the GOP.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
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Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2023
The other actors are professional, but their effect is muted by Hunter’s deliberate remoteness — the unembarrassed self-pity that does not advance the deep empathy summoned by more-skillful gay playwrights of an earlier era such as Terence Rattigan, William Inge, and Tennessee Williams.
—Armond White, National Review, 15 Mar. 2023
Some argue that Rockwell’s America was impossibly idealized: the sunny optimism, the unembarrassed patriotism, the unified striving for the goodness that life can offer.
—Bob Greene, WSJ, 5 July 2022
The Republicans’ unembarrassed witch hunt against Omar, one of the only members of Congress who actively uses her platform to speak truth against foreign despotism everywhere, says it all about the GOP.
—Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 2 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unembarrassed
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This recipe cooks them in an unabashed tomato sauce enlivened with preserved lemon.Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appétit, 1 Dec. 2024
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All over the arena, attendees took photos with the camera flash on and strutted up and down stairs as if on a runway, clearly influenced by Charli’s unabashed confidence.Ellise Shafer, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
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The sculptural number featured a balloon skirt that gathered on one side to reveal a thigh-high slit — a silhouette that would make Carrie Bradshaw very proud.Catherine Santino, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
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The proud papas were already tickled even before the actual proposal.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 2 Dec. 2024
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Now, these unashamed statements of cultural pride fill Flores Bustos with joy.David Ulloa Jr, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024
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However, the movie is an extremely important addition to the black-and-white horror canon if for nothing else its unashamed aping of Hitchcock’s masterpiece.B.J. Colangelo, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
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Asher here, your hardened and shameless tea drinker reporting for duty.Asher Price, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
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On the surface, Baum’s novel seems as simple as a Grimm’s fairytale, but slyly subverts tradition by depicting the titular wizard as a shameless conman, a slick salesman who, nonetheless, genuinely helps Dorothy and her party of outcasts.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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