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abashless

UK/əˈbæʃ.lɪs/US/əˈbæʃ.ləs/

abashless adjective: not disconcerted or embarrassed; not concealed; not eliciting shame.

Adjective

abashless (comparative more abashless, superlative most abashless)

  1. (literary) Not disconcerted or embarrassed; not concealed; not eliciting shame.
    • Nor wanted words as ready and as big
      As the part he played, the bold abashless one.1868, Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book, London: Smith, Elder, Volume 1, Part 2, lines 1010-1011, p. 127
    • I had endured through watches of the dark
      The abashless inquisition of each star,1895, Francis Thompson, Sister Songs, London: John Lane, Part the First, p. 19

Examples of abashless in a sentence

  • Where every bird is bold to go / And bees abashless play, / The foreigner before he knocks / Must thrust the tears away.a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “(please specify the chapter or poem)”, in M[abel] L[oomis] Todd, editors, Poems, Third Series...
  • a place created for and by voluptuousness, the abashless and unabashed senses1936, William Faulkner, chapter 4, in Absalom, Absalom!, New York: Modern Library, page 114:

Synonyms of abashless

All synonyms of abashless

Forms of abashless

comparativemore abashless
superlativemost abashless

Origin of abashless

From abash + -less.

Words formed from abashless

Questions about abashless

What does abashless mean?
Abashless means not disconcerted or embarrassed; not concealed; not eliciting shame.
How do you use abashless in a sentence?
Where every bird is bold to go / And bees abashless play, / The foreigner before he knocks / Must thrust the tears away.
What part of speech is abashless?
Abashless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce abashless?
Abashless is pronounced /əˈbæʃ.lɪs/ (UK).

Words near abashless in the dictionary

  1. abashest
  2. abasheth
  3. Abashev
  4. abashing
  5. abashingly
  6. abashless
  7. abashlessly
  8. abashment
  9. abashments
  10. abasht
  11. abasi

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