adj · 2 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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˌʌnəˈʃeɪmd/
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CMU ARPABET:AH2 N AH0 SH EY1 M D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
used of persons or their behavior; feeling no shame
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ashamed(p)
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 ashamed English unashamed From un- + ashamed.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish:
häpeämätön
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
French:
éhonté
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
German:
schamlos
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
German:
unverhohlen
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
German:
ungeniert
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Polish:
bez wstydu
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Portuguese:
desavergonhado
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Russian:
бессо́вестный
(bessóvestnyj)
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Russian:
бессты́дный
(besstýdnyj)
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Russian:
бессты́жий
(besstýžij)
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Russian:
беззасте́нчивый
(bezzasténčivyj)
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Russian:
бесцеремо́нный
(besceremónnyj)
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Spanish:
desvergonzado
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Swedish:
ogenerad
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Swedish:
oförskämd
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
Swedish:
hutlös
— feeling or showing no shame, embarrassment or remorse
