Unabashed - English meaning

adjective

Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks.

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A series of audacious takeovers

adjective

Showing a willingness to take risks or offend people

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He described the plan as ambitious and audacious., an audacious remark/suggestion

adjective

Shameless and undisguised.

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A barefaced lie

adjective

Not showing any shame about, or trying to hide, your bad behaviour

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That's a barefaced lie!, he's selling influence. the man's quite barefaced about it., she still loo…

adjective

Not wearing any make-up (= coloured substances used on your face to improve or change your appearance)

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She still looks like a teenager when she's barefaced and ponytailed., i prefer a barefaced, natural…

adjective

(of bad behaviour) done openly and unashamedly.

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Blatant lies

adjective

Very obvious and intentional, when this is a bad thing

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A blatant lie, the whole episode was a blatant attempt to gain publicity.

adjective

(of a person, action, or idea) showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous.

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A bold attempt to solve the crisis

noun

A bold typeface or letter.

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Shadow cabinet members listed in bold

adjective

Brave, or without fear

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He is a qualified politician with bold ideas., she was friendly without being bold., the costumes w…

idiom

With extreme confidence or without the respect or politeness people usually show

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She marched into the store, as bold as brass, and demanded her money back.

adjective

Bold and without shame.

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He went about his illegal business with a brazen assurance

verb

Endure an embarrassing or difficult situation by behaving with apparent confidence and lack of shame.

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There was nothing to do but brazen it out

adjective

Obvious, without any attempt to be hidden

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Brazen cheating, he told me a brazen lie.

adjective

Feeling or showing confidence in oneself or one's abilities or qualities.

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We require outgoing, confident people able to approach large groups

noun

A confidant.

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His parents were his closest confidents and friends in a sense, but they were still his parents.

adjective

Being certain of your abilities or having trust in people, plans, or the future

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Be a bit more confident in yourself!, they don't sound confident about the future of the industry.,…

adjective

(of an action considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive.

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A flagrant violation of the law

adjective

Shocking because of being so bad and so obvious

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A flagrant violation of the rules, he flagrantly broke the law.

adjective

(of a bad action, situation, person, etc.) shocking because of being so obvious

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A flagrant misuse of funds/privilege, a flagrant breach of trust, a flagrant disregard for the law

adjective

Lacking humility or decency.

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His immodest personality

adjective

Having too high an opinion of yourself

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He makes these immodest statements of his own brilliance.

adjective

Showing too much of the body

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Showing an immodest amount of leg

adjective

(of a person or their conduct) characterized by or showing a lack of shame; barefaced or brazen.

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His shameless hypocrisy

adjective

Expressed or acting openly and without guilt or embarrassment.

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An unashamed emotionalism

adjective

Not ashamed; without hiding behaviour or opinions that other people might consider unacceptable

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Afterwards he spent five minutes with the president, of whom he is an unashamed admirer., we then c…

adjective

Not feeling or showing embarrassment or shame.

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A comedy of manners, encased in the most unblushing melodrama

adjective

Showing a lack of worry or interest, especially when this is surprising or callous.

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Scott seemed unconcerned by his companion's problem

adjective

Not worried or anxious

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How can you be unconcerned about how much things cost?

adjective

Not intimidated or discouraged by difficulty, danger, or disappointment.

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They were undaunted by the huge amount of work needed

adjective

Not frightened or discouraged, despite problems or lack of success

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Undaunted by the cold and the rain, we continued our hike.

adjective

Not dismayed or discouraged by a setback.

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Undismayed, my mother sent me to a first-class crammer for two terms

adjective

Not feeling or showing embarrassment.

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He was quite unembarrassed by his state of undress

adjective

Not feeling ashamed or shy

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Unembarrassed by she seemed entirely unembarrassed by the long silence., unembarrassed about he is …

adjective

Showing no regret for one's wrongdoings.

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He was unrepentant and said that his comments were completely accurate

adjective

Not repentant (= feeling sorry for something that you have done)

adjective

Unhesitating; fearless.

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What sayre admired was not some vague nobility that she found among the london exiles, but their un…