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naked truth

NOUN

basic truth

Synonyms

WEAK

honest truth plain truth straight truth unqualified truth

Example Sentences

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But the naked truth is this: There is no elegant way to lose a war.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2021

The Harding/ Kerrigan incident exposed and exemplified the naked truth about the Olympics and our culture.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2016

Now, with the AFC and NFC championship games on tap, along with four Super Bowl possibilities, we will have to wait until late Sunday afternoon for the naked truth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2016

I achieved my dream, which confronted me with a naked truth: The dream has been won, and it is not enough.

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2013

Quietly they tell each other of the things that happened to them and of the things they saw, and it is the naked truth, idle sometimes as truth itself.

From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Gibbs, Philip