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unblushingly

unblushingly

8.9
Without feeling embarrassed or ashamed
  • adverb
  • /ʌnˈblʌʃɪŋli/
translation icon : descaradamente

Examples

  • 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.

  • She unblushingly admitted her corruption, leaving everyone in the room shocked.

  • The politician unblushingly praised himself for the recent policy changes, ignoring any criticism.

Synonyms

shamelessly
vsunblushingly
19 3.9

In a way that shows no shame

is the plain lack of blushing rather than active boldness
unabashedly
vsunblushingly
11 7.5

Without shame or embarrassment

means absence of blushing without extra openness or force
brazenly
vsunblushingly
9 6.8

In a bold way without shame

lacks blushing but not necessarily bold or forceful
unashamedly
vsunblushingly
4 4.9

In a way that shows the person is not embarrassed

expresses absence of embarrassment without implying boldness
unselfconsciously
vsunblushingly
1 6.6

Acting naturally without worrying about what other people think

focuses on absence of blushing, not on natural ease
barefacedly
vsunblushingly
9.2

Openly and without shame

shows lack of embarrassment without the extra bold openness

Antonyms

10 3.4

In a way that makes people feel guilty or embarrassed

How Shameless

brazenly
9 6.8
shamelessly
19 3.9
unblushingly
8.9
bashfully
1 3.5

Surface Forms

unblushingly positive

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.