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unconcealed

unconcealed

1 4.2
Easy to see or notice
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.kənˈsiːld/
translation icon : 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
3 4.7

Clearly shown and not hidden, often about feelings

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

Not covered or blocked so you can see it clearly

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

Easy for others to see or notice

is open or obvious now, not necessarily impossible to hide

Antonyms

125 1.1

A thing that is not easily seen or found

5 3.7

Hidden so people cannot see it

How Hidden

concealed
5 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.