Unabashed vs Bossy - What's the difference?
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Not disconcerted or embarrassed.
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*:For the third time Allan looked at his lawyer. And for the third time his lawyer looked back at him quite unabashed .
*1919 , ",
*:Armed with her utter faith in the goodness she must stand unabashed before the arrogance that scoffs at the power of spirit.
That are not concealed or disguised, or not eliciting shame.
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*:; a balance not artfully calculated, as her tears and her falterings showed, but resulting naturally from her unabashed sincerity.
Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
(US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
* about 1900 , O. Henry,
Unabashed is a related term of bossy.
As adjectives the difference between unabashed and bossy
is that unabashed is not disconcerted or embarrassed while bossy is tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering or bossy can be ornamented with bosses; studded.As a noun bossy is
(us|informal|dated) a cow or calf.unabashed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* abashless, composed, poised, undaunted, unaffected, unshamed * abashless, barefaced, blatant, impudent, obvious, shameless, unrestrainedbossy
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible * see alsoEtymology 2
Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term ).Noun
(bossies)- A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.