unvarnished truth
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unvarnished truth — If you present someone with plain facts, without trying to embellish or soften the reality, you give them the unvarnished truth. Tell me how the accident happened, and I want the unvarnished truth … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
unvarnished — [unvär′nisht] adj. 1. not varnished 2. plain; simple; unadorned [the unvarnished truth] … English World dictionary
truth — [n1] reality, validity accuracy, actuality, authenticity, axiom, case, certainty, correctness, dope*, exactitude, exactness, fact, facts, factualism, factuality, factualness, genuineness, gospel*, gospel truth*, honest truth*, infallibility,… … New thesaurus
truth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Conformity to fact Nouns 1. truth, fact, reality; verity, gospel, authenticity; plain, unvarnished, sober, or naked truth, matter of fact; the Gospel or naked truth; the truth, the whole truth and… … English dictionary for students
truth — noun 1 what is true ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, gospel (informal), honest (informal), real ▪ She takes everything she reads in the paper as gospel truth. ▪ complete … Collocations dictionary
truth — n. 1) to ascertain, elicit, establish, find; face, face up to; search for, seek the truth 2) to reveal; tell the truth 3) to distort, stretch the truth 4) the absolute, cold, gospel, naked, plain, sober, unvarnished truth 5) the awful; bitter;… … Combinatory dictionary
unvarnished — adjective Date: 1605 1. a. not adorned or glossed ; plain, straightforward < told the unvarnished truth > b. artless, frank < the unvarnished candor of old people and children Janet Flanner > 2. not coated with or as if with varnish … New Collegiate Dictionary
truth — /truθ / (say troohth) noun 1. that which is true; the true or actual facts of a case: to tell the truth. 2. conformity with fact or reality; verity: the truth of a statement. 3. a verified or indisputable fact, proposition, principle, or the like …
truth — n 1. reality, actuality, Archaic. sooth; gospel, gospel truth, naked truth, unvarnished truth, Sl. straight goods; facts, Inf. low down, Inf. scoop, story; inside information, intelligence. 2. verity, Archaic. troth, factuality, factualness; ac… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
unvarnished — /un vahr nisht/, adj. 1. plain; clear; straightforward; without vagueness or subterfuge; frank: the unvarnished truth. 2. unfinished, as floors or furniture; not coated with or as if with varnish. [1595 1605; UN 1 + VARNISH + ED3, ED2] Syn. 1.… … Universalium
