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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nothing more; absolute |
| Synonyms: | bald, bare, blunt, common, complete, entire, insignificant, little, minor, plain, poor, pure, pure and simple, sheer, simple, small, stark, unadorned, unadulterated, unmitigated, unmixed, utter, very |
| Main Entry: | mollify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pacify, soothe |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, ameliorate, appease, assuage, blunt, calm, compose, conciliate, cool, cushion, decrease, diminish, dulcify, ease, fix up, lessen, lighten, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, pacify, patch things up, placate, propitiate, quell, quiet, reduce, relieve, soften, sweeten, take sting out, temper, tranquilize |
| Antonyms: | agitate, depress, exasperate, harass, incite, provoke, trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | numb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deaden |
| Synonyms: | anesthetize, benumb, blunt, chill, desensitize, dull, freeze, frost, immobilize, obtund, paralyze, stun, stupefy |
| Antonyms: | enliven |
| 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: | outspoken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | explicit, unreserved |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, artless, blunt, calling spade a spade, candid, direct, forthright, frank, free, laying it on the line, open, plain, plain-spoken, point-blank, round, square, straightforward, strident, talking turkey, unceremonious, unequivocal, unreticent, up front, vocal |
| Antonyms: | cautious, diplomatic, introverted, reserved, retiring, shy, tactful |
| Main Entry: | plain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | straightforward in speech |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, artless, blunt, candid, direct, forthright, frank, guileless, honest, impolite, ingenuous, open, outspoken, rude, sincere |
| Notes: | plane is essentially the same word as plain, both ultimately coming from Latin planus 'flat' or 'clear' |
| Antonyms: | abstruse, ambiguous, imperceptible, incomprehensible, obscure, unclear, vague |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude, impolite |
| Synonyms: | bearish, bluff, blunt, boisterous, boorish, brief, brusque, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, cruel, crusty, curt, discourteous, drastic, extreme, gross*, hairy*, hard, harsh, ill-mannered, improper, inconsiderate, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, loud, loutish, mean, nasty, raw, rowdy, severe, sharp, short, tough, unceremonious, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unfeeling, ungracious, unjust, unmannerly, unpleasant, unpolished, unrefined, untutored, violent, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | courteous, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | round |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | honest, direct |
| Synonyms: | blunt, candid, frank, free, outspoken, plain, straightforward, unmodified, vocal |
| Antonyms: | deceitful, dishonest, indirect |
| Main Entry: | rude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disrespectful, rough |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, abusive, bad-mannered, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, blunt, boorish, brusque, brutish, cheeky, churlish, coarse, crabbed, crude, curt, discourteous, graceless, gross, gruff, ignorant, illiterate, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, insulting, intrusive, loutish, low, obscene, offhand, peremptory, raw, savage, scurrilous, short, surly, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, ungracious, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, wild |
| Antonyms: | kind, mannerly, nice, polite, respectful |
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