unblushingly
- adverb
- /ʌnˈblʌʃɪŋli/
Examples
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Betjeman unblushingly said who made everything.
Academic text (2011) -
Rosie was the unavailable love in the room upstairs who talked to me unblushingly about sex and made the whole transaction seem base, grubby, and funny.
Fiction book (1997) -
He spoke unblushingly about his mistakes, showing no shame for his past decisions.
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She unblushingly admitted her corruption, leaving everyone in the room shocked.
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The politician unblushingly praised himself for the recent policy changes, ignoring any criticism.
Synonyms
In a way that shows no shame
Without shame or embarrassment
In a bold way without shame
In a way that shows the person is not embarrassed
Acting naturally without worrying about what other people think
Openly and without shame
Antonyms
How Shameless
Surface Forms
Morphology
unblushingly = unblushing (transparent) = un + blush + ing + ly
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'unblushing', which itself is transparently 'un-' + 'blush' + '-ing'.
Etymology
Unblushingly breaks into un- meaning 'not', blush meaning 'to turn red from shame', and -ly which makes it a word that tells how something is done. So to act unblushingly is to do something 'without blushing', openly and without shame.