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unvarnished

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un·var·nished  (nvärnsht)
adj.
1. Not coated with varnish: unvarnished floors.
2. Stated or otherwise presented without any effort to soften or disguise; plain: the unvarnished truth.

unvarnished [ʌnˈvɑːnɪʃt]
adj
not elaborated upon or glossed; plain and direct the unvarnished truth
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unvarnishedunvarnished - not having a coating of stain or varnish
unpainted - not having a coat of paint or badly in need of a fresh coat; "an unpainted house"; "unpainted furniture"
2.unvarnishedunvarnished - free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children"
direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"

unvarnished
adjective plain, frank, honest, candid, simple, pure, bare, naked, straightforward, stark, sincere, pure and simple, unadorned, unembellished The full unvarnished truth about the Duke should be made public.
Translations
unvarnished [ˈʌnˈvɑːnɪʃt] ADJ
1. (= not varnished) → sin barnizar
2. (fig) (= plain) [account, description] → llano
the unvarnished truthla verdad lisa y llana, la verdad sin adornos
unvarnished
adj woodungefirnisst, unlackiert; (fig) truth, language, reportungeschminkt
unvarnished [ʌnˈvɑːnɪʃt] adj (wood) → non verniciato/a (fig) (truth) → nudo/a e crudo/a; (account) → senza fronzoli
unvarnished [ʌnˈvɑːnɪʃt] adj (wood) → non verniciato/a (fig) (truth) → nudo/a e crudo/a; (account) → senza fronzoli


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He has stated such matters just as they occurred, and leaves every one to form his own opinion concerning them; trusting that his anxious desire to speak the unvarnished truth will gain for him the confidence of his readers.
Arraigned at my own bar, Memory having given her evidence of the hopes, wishes, sentiments I had been cherishing since last night--of the general state of mind in which I had indulged for nearly a fortnight past; Reason having come forward and told, in her own quiet way a plain, unvarnished tale, showing how I had rejected the real, and rabidly devoured the ideal;--I pronounced judgment to this effect:-
You will just permit me to mix a little more of the elixir of life, and then, as the poet says, my plain unvarnished tale I shall deliver.
 
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