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Definition: Unabashed |
UnabashedAdjective1. Not embarrassed; "a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality"- Jerome Stone; "an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unabashed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Synonym: UnabashedSynonym: unembarrassed (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Courage | Bold, bold-spirited; daring, audacious; fearless, dauntless, dreadless, aweless; undaunted, unappalled, undismayed, unawed, unblanched, unabashed, unalarmed, unflinching, unshrinking, unblanching, unapprehensive; confident, self-reliant; bold as a lion, bold as brass. |
Insolence | Bluff; brazen, shameless, aweless, unblushlng, unabashed; brazen, boldfaced-, barefaced-, brazen-faced; dead to shame, lost to shame. |
Vanity | Unabashed, unblushing; unconstrained, unceremonious; free and easy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unabashed |
| English words defined with "unabashed": unabashedly, unembarrassed, un-get-at-able. (references) |
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| Author | Quotation |
Jean De La BruyFre | You may drive a dog off the King's armchair, and it will climb into the preacher's pulpit; he views the world unmoved, unembarrassed, unabashed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Ann Richards | Well, of course, I'm an unabashed admirer and friend of Nancy Pelosi. I think she's going to do a terrific job. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Unabashed" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unabashed" is used about 67 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 67 | 40,952 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "unabashed": be unabashed. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
unabashed | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "unabashed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i patrembur (bold, Dauntless, fearless, undaunted), i patrazuar (comfortable, comfy, heart-whole, imperturbable, laid back, level, peaceful, placid, smooth, unadulterated, unblended, unconcerned, undigested, unperturbed), i pandruajtur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قليل الحياء (shameless, unblushing), غير مرتبك. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хладнокръвен (calm, cold blooded, cool-headed, doubtless, nerveless, self possessed, self-collected), невъзмутим (doubtless, immovable, impassible, imperturbable, sedate, unblinking, unflappable, unperturbed, unruffled), безсрамен (barefaced, brassy, brazen, graceless, immodest, impudent, outre, shameless, unashamed, unscrupulous), безочлив (assured, audacious, brash, brazenfaced, graceless, immodest, impertinent, impudent, saucy, unashamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nezahanbený (unashamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گستاخ (Arrogant, Barefaced, Bold, Boldface, Brash, Cheeky, Forward, Immodest, Impertinent, Impudent, Indecent, Insolent, Jaunty, Perky, Pert, Presumptuous, Rude, Unshaped(En), Wanton), بی شرم (Barefaced, Brash, Brassy, Brazen, Immodest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ujostelematta (unconcerned, without blushing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nullement intimidé, nullement décontenancé. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | unverfroren (abandoned, audacious, barefaced, blatantly, bold, brazen, cool, impolite, impudent, insolent, rude, unabashedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ατάραχοσ (composed, cool, imperturbable, sedate, self possessed, stolid, unperturbed, unruffled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חסר בוש" (shameless, unblushing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pofátlan (sass, unashamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 臆面もない (audacious, bold, impudent, unashamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おくめ"もない (audacious, bold, impudent, unashamed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gyn nearey (bare-faced, shameless, unbashful, unblushing), gyn lhaggaghey (unabated, unallayed, unappeasable, unassuaged, undamped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | abashedunay ousado (audacious, chanceful, confident, daring, hardy, high-spirited, intrepid, perky, plucky, reckless, venturesome), imperturbável (even-minded, stolid, unflappable, unruffled, unshakeable, unstirred), impassível (coldlivered, cool, even, insensitive, irresponsive, passionless, phlegmatic, plodder, stolid, unconcerned, unmoved, unperturbed, unstirred), descarado (barefaced, brass, brazen, cheeky, cool, impudent, nervy, pert, quean, saucy, shameless, unblushing). (various references) netulburat (unruffled, untroubled), liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unruffled, untroubled), flegmatic (calm, cold blooded, cold-livered, irresponsive, lymphatic, phlegmatic). (various references) бессовестный (conscienceless, unashamed, unconscionable). (various references) nezbunjen (unmixed), nepostiđen, neposramljen. (various references) desvergonzado (caddish, free, shameless, unblushing). (various references) ogenerad (airy, cool, free and easy, jaunty), oförskräckt (daring, interpid, intrepid, undaunted), oblyg (barefaced, immodest, impolite, rude, unashamed). (various references) utanmaz (bare faced, barefaced, bold, bold-faced, brazenfaced, gay, immodest, impudent, ribald, sassy, shameless, unashamed, unblushing, unembarassed), yüzsüz (bare faced, barefaced, bold-faced, brash, brassy, brazenfaced, cheeky, conscience-proof, fresh, gay, hard bitten, hard boiled, hard-nosed, Hardy, impudent, nervy, pushful, pushing, ribald, saucy, shameless, unashamed, unblushing), küstah (arrogant, assuming, audacious, bold, bold-faced, brash, brassy, cheeky, chesty, cool, flip, flippant, fresh, ill mannered, impertinent, impudent, insolent, insulting, malapert, nervy, overbearing, presuming, presumptuous, stroppy, too familiar, wise), arsız (bare faced, barefaced, bold, bold-faced, brassy, calm, cheeky, daft, flip, flippant, fresh, hard bitten, Hardy, impudent, malapert, perky, pert, Randy, sassy, shameless, unblushing, vigorous). (various references) що не збентежився, незаляканий, безсоромний (barefaced, bestial, cynical, graceless, impudent, obscene, shameless, unblushing). (various references) không nao núng (relentless, unbroken, undeterred, undismayed, unwavering), không bối rối (undiscomfited, undisconcerted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unabashed": unabashedly. (additional references) | |
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"Unabashed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: unabased, unabasted, unabused, unambushed, unbagshaw, unbathed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "unabashed" (pronounced u'nuba"sht) |
| 5 | -u b a" sh t | abashed. |
| 4 | -b a" sh t | bashed. |
| 3 | -a" sh t | cashed, clashed, crashed, dashed, flashed, gashed, hashed, lashed, mashed, slashed, smashed, splashed, stashed, thrashed, trashed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-h-n-s-u" | |
-1 letter: bandeaus. | |
-2 letters: abashed, aubades, bandeau, husband, subdean, subhead, unbased. | |
-3 letters: abased, abused, aubade, bashed, bushed, daubes, hausen, nausea, sundae, unshed. | |
-4 letters: aahed, abase, abash, abuse, ahead, ansae, ashed, ashen, baaed, bands, baned, banes, based, bauds, beads, beans, beaus, bends, bunds, bused, daube, daubs, deans, deash, dunes, habus, hades, hands, hansa, hanse, heads, nabes, nadas. | |
-5 letters: aahs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-h-n-s-u" | |
+2 letters: unabashedly. | |
+5 letters: chateaubriands. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Spoken 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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