different between abashless vs unabashed

English

Etymology

abash +? -less

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bæ?.l?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæ?.l?s/

Adjective

abashless (comparative more abashless, superlative most abashless)

1. (literary) Not disconcerted or embarrassed; not concealed; not eliciting shame. [Mid 19th century.]

   Synonyms: unabashed, barefaced, brazen, shameless, unblushing, unshrinking

   • 1868, Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book, London: Smith, Elder, Volume 1, Part 2, lines 1010-1011, p. 127,^[1]

     Nor wanted words as ready and as big

     As the part he played, the bold abashless one.

   • 1895, Francis Thompson, Sister Songs, London: John Lane, Part the First, p. 19,^[2]

     I had endured through watches of the dark

     The abashless inquisition of each star,

   • 1936, William Faulkner, Absalom, Absalom! New York: Modern Library, Chapter 4, p. 114,^[3]

     a place created for and by voluptuousness, the abashless and unabashed senses

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English

Etymology

un- +? abashed

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ?n'?-b?sht?, IPA^(key): /??n??bæ?t/
• Rhymes: -æ?t

Adjective

unabashed (comparative more unabashed, superlative most unabashed)

1. Not disconcerted or embarrassed.

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

   • 1866, Wilkie Collins, Armadale, Third book, Chapter V:

     For the third time Allan looked at his lawyer. And for the third time his lawyer looked back at him quite unabashed.

   • 1919, Rabindranath Tagore, "Letter to M. K. Gandhi":

     Armed with her utter faith in the goodness she must stand unabashed before the arrogance that scoffs at the power of spirit.

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

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

   • 1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, Chapter XXV,

     [...]; a balance not artfully calculated, as her tears and her falterings showed, but resulting naturally from her unabashed sincerity.

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