UNEMBARRASSED Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

unembarrassed

adjective

ˌən-im-ˈber-əst

Definition of unembarrassed

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 The most prominent bankers in the country were unembarrassed to defend the practice by arguing that if the common person can buy a refrigerator on credit, why not a stock? — Evan Hughes, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025 The way Skye nestles her head into the crook of her brother’s neck or drapes herself across his legs after an unembarrassed display of grief is ineffably moving. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025 Del Rey’s feathery croon was totally wrong for the song, which calls for an unembarrassed quality that’s not part of her whole deal. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025 Who better, then, to pry Eve loose than a rangy, rakish music journalist (Benjamin Bratt) whose game includes unironic hat-wearing and — like a dispiriting number of men in his age bracket — the unembarrassed deployment of Stephen Stills lyrics? — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unembarrassed

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Adjective

And my wife, Amisha, who had never seemed so tired, had also never looked so full of unabashed love.

— Raj Panjabi, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
The exploitation of racial divides, the mass rallies, the storming of the Capitol, the blurring of truth and reality, the unabashed abuse of government power to the ends of ethnic cleansing, which becomes systemic, institutionalized, and accepted.

— Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of unabashed

Adjective

The locker real estate in the team’s second arena was something the proud parent didn’t even consider as part of his son’s Heat takeover.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026
Musk’s forthright, crusty dad Errol sounds almost proud that something was bullied out of his son, but the movie avoids filling out that traumatic childhood.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of proud

Adjective

The music factory that made Eighties radio such a kick — with all its hype, tinsel, hairspray, and shameless artifice — was finally out of gas.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026
Warriors fans might just have to stomach a few shameless foul-baiting antics in a late back-to-back in Oklahoma City.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026

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