Definition

Adjective: 1. Not feeling or showing embarrassment, shame, or self-consciousness: Describes a state of being free from the discomfort or awkwardness typically caused by a social situation, one's own actions, or circumstances. 2. Confident and at ease: Characterized by a natural, unaffected manner without signs of nervousness or discomfort.

Usage

• Used to describe a person's demeanor, behavior, or emotional state.
• Often implies a positive quality of confidence or a lack of inhibition.
• Can describe a reaction (or lack thereof) to a potentially awkward situation.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• "unembarrassed by": This common collocation specifies what does not cause the feeling of embarrassment.
  • He is unembarrassed by his eccentric style of dress.
• Used in formal or literary contexts to describe a lack of pretense or artifice.
  • The memoir is written with unembarrassed honesty about her failures.

Variants and Related Words

• Unabashed (adj): Not embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. Often implies a more active, bold confidence.
  • She is an unabashed fan of romantic comedies.
• Unselfconscious (adj): Not thinking about or concerned with how one appears to others; natural and relaxed.
  • His dancing was joyful and unselfconscious.

Synonyms

• Confident
• Poised
• Assured
• Unabashed
• Unashamed

Antonyms

• Embarrassed
• Abashed
• Self-conscious
• Sheepish
• Flustered

Notes on Meaning

• Unembarrassed primarily describes an internal emotional state that is outwardly visible in one's behavior. It is not typically used to describe objects or abstract concepts.
• It differs from "unembarrassing," which describes a situation or thing that does not cause embarrassment. (e.g., )

Adjective

1. not embarrassed
   • a tinseled charm and unabashed sentimentality- Jerome Stone
   • an unembarrassed greeting as if nothing untoward had happened