Standard Lemma guide

unabashed

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: ŭn'ə-băshtʹ
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌʌnəˈbæʃt/
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  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æʃt
  • CMU ARPABET: AH2 N AH0 B AE1 SH T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not disconcerted or embarrassed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abashless, composed, poised, unaffected, undaunted, unshamed

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of actions, emotions, facts, etc.: that are not concealed or disguised, or not eliciting shame.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: abashless, barefaced, blatant, impudent, obvious, shameless, unrestrained

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not embarrassed- Jerome Stone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality
  • an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unembarrassed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English abashed English unabashed From un- + abashed.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: невъзмутим (nevǎzmutim) — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • Chinese Cantonese: 唔怕醜嘅 /唔怕丑嘅 (m4 paa3 cau2 ge3) — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不慌不忙的 (bùhuāngbùmáng de) — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泰然自若的 (tàiránzìruò de) — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • Finnish: häpeämätön — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • French: éhonté — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • German: ruhig — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • German: gelassen — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • German: unaufgeregt — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • German: ungerührt — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • German: ungeniert — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • Manx: gyn nearey — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • Plautdietsch: onveschämt — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • Swedish: ogenerad — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • Turkish: küstah — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • Turkish: utanmaz — not disconcerted or embarrassed
  • Bulgarian: неприкрит (neprikrit) — that are not concealed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毫不掩飾的 /毫不掩饰的 (háobù yǎnshì de) — that are not concealed
  • Chinese Mandarin: 坦然的 (tǎnrán de) — that are not concealed
  • Finnish: peittelemätön — that are not concealed
  • French: décomplexé — that are not concealed
  • French: éhonté — that are not concealed
  • German: unverhohlen — that are not concealed
  • German: unverblümt — that are not concealed
  • German: schonungslos — that are not concealed
  • German: ohne jegliche Scham — that are not concealed
  • German: ungeniert — that are not concealed
  • German: schamlos — that are not concealed
  • German: unverfroren — that are not concealed
  • Russian: открове́нный (otkrovénnyj) — that are not concealed
  • Russian: я́вный (jávnyj) — that are not concealed
  • Russian: неприкры́тый (neprikrýtyj) — that are not concealed
  • Swedish: ogenerad — that are not concealed