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undisguised
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
undisguised
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
open/undisguised contempt (=that you do not try to hide)
▪ Her expression was one of open contempt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ undisguised contempt
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ It is blatant, undisguised opportunism by management, showing preference for what can be done, rather than what should be done.
▪ The bias of the work was undisguised.
▪ They look at each other, disappointment tinged with undisguised relief.
▪ They regarded each other, in fact, with undisguised hostility and contempt.
▪ Throughout it all, there was an undisguised murmur of conversation in the church and Denis felt slightly sick.
▪ When the Soviet plan reached Mr Bush, he welcomed it politely but with undisguised dismay.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
undisguised

c.1500, in reference to things, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of disguise (v.). Of persons, attested from 1670s.

Wiktionary
undisguised

a. Not disguised, plainly visible.

WordNet
undisguised

adj. plain to see; "undisguised curiosity"

Usage examples of "undisguised".

Hawkeye and Trapper eyed Horsey de la Chevaux with undisguised curiosity.

Victor nodded in undisguised delight, and Shaik Tsin grinned blandly over her head.

Jane was pounding her way through a Chopin valse with conscientious accuracy, and stopped with undisguised relief when they came in.

And with them, here and there, undisguised by their decent American clothing, smaller in bulk and stature, weazened not alone by age but by the pinch of lean years and early hardship, were grandfathers and mothers who had patently first seen the light of day on old Irish soil.

Campion, dishevelled, and unbeautifully clad, met her frank enquiring gaze with one of his rare flashes of undisguised honesty.

Weir took a perverse pleasure in the grand and undisguised majesty of the music, the unrestrainedness of it.

At first, he did not recognize me, but when I refreshed his memory, he asked with undisguised curiosity about the fate of the alicorn and its influences upon my life.

The light glared on her--the faces of the lacqueys betokened their undisguised astonishment.

I echoed her nonanswer about the mountains, with a tone of undisguised disgust.

In its eyes was an undisguised hunger, a malevolent intent so monstrous that some hardened trappers cried out and turned away.

Woodman with undisguised amazement, and noticed that the celebrated Emperor of the Winkies was composed entirely of pieces of tin, neatly soldered and riveted together into the form of a man.

Stanton, on the contrary, grew more undisguised and demonstrative in his attentions, although he aimed to conceal his feeling under the humorous and bantering style of address that was habitual with him.

Tarantio was impressed by the harmony she radiated, and he glanced across at Brune, who was staring at her with undisguised admiration.

The first burning jolt of pain from the shots would not be swift to leave, but it was obvious when it eased slightly, for Charon froze and stared up with undisguised shock.

At least his undisguised dislike helped Arrhae get some sort of leash on what was too near hysteria for her liking.