unashamed en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /ˌʌnəˈʃeɪmd/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English ashamed English unashamed From un- + ashamed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
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.
1862, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Vivien”, in The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, page 266:Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.
2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian:"How else shall we go back unashamed to our women?"
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC: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.
1990 September 1, Norma Romano-Benner, “Shaping the ’90s”, in Americas:
Deriveds
Translations (16)
sv hutlös (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · ru бессты́дный (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · de unverhohlen (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · fr éhonté (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · pt desavergonhado (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · sv ogenerad (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · ru бесцеремо́нный (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · fi häpeämätön (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · es desvergonzado (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · de schamlos (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · sv oförskämd (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · ru бессо́вестный (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · de ungeniert (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · pl bez wstydu (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · ru беззасте́нчивый (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse) · ru бессты́жий (feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse)