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bare faced
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flaunting, blatant; without shame |
| Synonyms: | arrant, atrocious, awful, bare-faced, bold, brazen, capital, conspicuous, crying, disgraceful, dreadful, egregious, enormous, flagitous, flaming, flashy*, glaring, grody, gross*, hanging out, heinous, immodest, infamous, noticeable, notorious, obvious, open, ostentatious, out-and-out, outrageous, rank, scandalous, shameful, shameless, shocking, stick out like sore thumb, striking, undisguised, wicked |
| Notes: | flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant |
| Antonyms: | concealed, disguised, hidden, mild, moral, restrained, secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | completely honest |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, apparent, artless, bare-faced, blunt, bold, brazen, call a spade a spade, candid, direct, downright, easy, familiar, flat-out, forthright, free, from the hip, guileless, heart-to-heart, ingenuous, lay it on the line, like it is, matter-of-fact, naive, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plain-spoken, real, saying what one thinks, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestricted, up front, upright |
| Antonyms: | devious, dishonest, evasive, insincere, secretive |
| Main Entry: | openhearted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frank |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, bare-faced, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, from the hip, honest, lay it on the line, like it is, matter-of-fact, open, plain, plainspoken, saying what one thinks, sincere, straight, straightforward, truthful, up front |
| Main Entry: | plainspoken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frank |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, apparent, artless, bare-faced, blunt, bold, brazen, call a spade a spade, candid, direct, downright, easy, familiar, flat-out, forthright, free, from the hip, guileless, heart-to-heart, honest, ingenuous, lay it on the line, like it is, man-to-man, matter-of-fact, naive, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plain-spoken, real, saying what one thinks, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straight-out, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestricted, up front, upright |
| Main Entry: | straight-from-the-shoulder |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frank |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, apparent, artless, bare-faced, blunt, bold, brazen, call a spade a spade, candid, direct, downright, easy, familiar, flat-out, forthright, free, from the hip, guileless, heart-to-heart, honest, ingenuous, lay it on the line, like it is, man-to-man, matter-of-fact, naive, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plain-spoken, plainspoken, real, saying what one thinks, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straight-out, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestricted, up front, upright |
| Main Entry: | straight-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frank |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, apparent, artless, bare-faced, blunt, bold, brazen, call a spade a spade, candid, direct, downright, easy, familiar, flat-out, forthright, free, from the hip, guileless, heart-to-heart, honest, ingenuous, lay it on the line, like it is, man-to-man, matter-of-fact, naive, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plain-spoken, plainspoken, real, saying what one thinks, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestricted, up front, upright |
| Main Entry: | straight-shooting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frank |
| Synonyms: | aboveboard, apparent, artless, bare-faced, blunt, bold, brazen, call a spade a spade, candid, direct, downright, easy, familiar, flat-out, forthright, free, from the hip, guileless, heart-to-heart, honest, ingenuous, lay it on the line, like it is, man-to-man, matter-of-fact, naive, natural, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plain-spoken, plainspoken, real, saying what one thinks, scrupulous, sincere, straight, straight-out, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unconcealed, undisguised, uninhibited, unreserved, unrestricted, up front, upright |
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