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unconcealed

unconcealed

1 4.2
Easy to see or notice
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.kənˈsiːld/
: inocultado
  • The child's face lit up with unconcealed delight as he opened his birthday presents.

I felt as a mouse must feel, crouching unconcealed and shallow grass, cringing and hoping.

Examples

  • The carpet man watched with unconcealed pleasure.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • That didn't fit with the unconcealed anger that had consumed the last two days of her life.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • And they respond with unconcealed interest to the sudden presence of a man, offering to help with their pain.

    Blog text (18)
  • Tuck glares at Will with unconcealed hatred.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • One six- or seven-year-old boy is wide-eyed with unconcealed wonder.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Still more serious is the unconcealed dislike that many Applied Music students have for the non-musical Liberal Arts courses they are required to take.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Instead, his gaze came to rest on Brigit, and he glowered with unconcealed anger.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • "Jerome looked at the straggle of O'Haras with unconcealed disdain.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Night smiled, and Murphy eyed the pile of meat with unconcealed zeal, juice squirting from his open mouth.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Without prompting, many offered me detailed accounts of their daily meals—mostly some variation of water porridge once a day—with unconcealed outrage.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

undisguised
vsunconcealed
2 4.7

Clearly shown and not hidden, often about feelings

is openly known or obvious rather than only visually plain
unobscured
vsunconcealed
1 6.0

Not covered or blocked so you can see it clearly

is open or obvious in meaning, not only visually clear
unconcealable
vsunconcealed
1 6.2

Easy for others to see or notice

is open or obvious now, not necessarily impossible to hide

Antonyms

801 1.1

A thing that is not easily seen or found

95 3.7

Hidden so people cannot see it

How Hidden

concealed
95 3.7
inconspicuous
15 6.9
noticeable
65 3.2
obvious
∞ 1.0
unconcealed
1 4.2

Surface Forms

unconcealed positive
unconcealeder comparative
unconcealest superlative

Morphology

unconcealed = concealed (transparent) = un + conceal + ed

Formed by prefixing 'un-' to the adjective 'concealed' (conceal + -ed), giving the straightforward negation 'not hidden'.

Etymology

The word unconcealed breaks into un- meaning 'not' and conceal meaning 'to hide', so it literally means 'not hidden'. That's why something unconcealed is open and obvious, shown without trying to hide it.