matter of fact
Main Entry:
abrupt [uh-bruhpt]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: rude or brief in manner
Synonyms: blunt, brusque, crude, crusty, curt, direct, discourteous, gruff, impetuous, impolite, matter-of-fact, rough, short, snappy, snippy, uncivil, ungracious
Antonyms: calm, kind, nice
Main Entry: blunt
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: straightforward
Synonyms: abrupt, bluff, brief, brusque, candid, crusty, curt, discourteous, explicit, forthright, frank, gruff, impolite, matter-of-fact, outspoken, plain-spoken, rude, short, snappy, snippy, tactless, trenchant, unceremonious, uncivil, unpolished
Antonyms: polite, subtle, tactful
Main Entry: businesslike
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: efficient, professional
Synonyms: accomplished, careful, concentrated, correct, diligent, direct, disciplined, earnest, effective, enterprising, expeditious, hardworking, industrious, intent, matter-of-fact, methodical, orderly, organized, painstaking, practical, practiced, purposeful, regular, routine, sedulous, serious, skillful, systematic, thorough, well-ordered, workaday
Antonyms: amateur, disorganized, inefficient, unbusinesslike, unprofessional
Main Entry: cold
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: aloof, unresponsive
Synonyms: apathetic, cold-blooded, cool, dead, distant, emotionless, frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, impersonal, imperturbable, indifferent, inhibited, inhospitable, joyless, lukewarm, matter-of-fact, passionless, phlegmatic, reserved, reticent, spiritless, standoffish, stony, unconcerned, undemonstrative, unenthusiastic, unfeeling, unimpassioned, unmoved, unresponsive, unsympathetic
Antonyms: animated, ardent, eager, enthusiastic, excited, fervid, friendly, interested, sympathetic, warm, zealous
Main Entry: cold-blooded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cruel, heartless
Synonyms: barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, dispassionate, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, hardened, imperturbable, inhuman, matter-of-fact, merciless, obdurate, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, savage, steely, stony-hearted, uncompassionate, unemotional, unfeeling, unmoved
Notes: cold-blooded (poikilothermic, poikilothermal) is used for creatures whose blood takes on the temperature of their environment; warm-blooded (homoiothermic, homeothermal) is having a fairly steady body temperature governed by the thermotaxic nerve mechanism
Antonyms: compassionate, demonstrative, feeling, friendly, merciful, nice, sympathetic, warm-blooded
Main Entry: common-sense
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: reasonable
Synonyms: astute, commonsensical, cool, down-to-earth, hard-headed, judicious, levelheaded, matter-of-fact, practical, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, shrewd, sound
Antonyms: foolish, impractical, insane, unreasonable, unsensible, unsound
Main Entry: direct
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: honest
Synonyms: absolute, bald, blunt, candid, categorical, downright, explicit, express, forthright, frank, matter-of-fact, open, outspoken, person-to-person, plain, plainspoken, point-blank, sincere, straight, straight from the shoulder, straightforward, talk turkey, unambiguous, unconcealed, undisguised, unequivocal, unreserved
Antonyms: devious, dishonest, indirect, wily
Main Entry: down-to-earth
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: reasonable, practical
Synonyms: common, commonsense, easy, hard, hardboiled, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, mundane, no-nonsense, plainspoken, pragmatic, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, sober, unfantastic, unidealistic, unsentimental
Antonyms: excitable, excited, impractical, unreasonable, unsensible
Main Entry: dry
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dull, uninteresting
Synonyms: apathetic, blah, boring, bromidic, draggy, dreary, dull as dishwater, dusty, ho hum, impassive, inelaborate, insipid, matter-of-fact, modest, monotonous, naked, phlegmatic, plain, simple, tedious, tiresome, trite, weariful, wearisome
Antonyms: exciting, interesting, juicy, lively, untiring
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