unvarnished
Origin of unvarnished
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candid, unadorned, straightforward, bare, clean, folksy, frank, genuine, homey, naked, open, pure, simple, sincere, stark, straight, unconcealed, unembellished, vanilla, undisguisedExamples from the Web for unvarnished
Contemporary Examples of unvarnished
Obama, of course, insisted he wanted their independent, unvarnished judgments.
Of all the Gang of Eight senators, he was the most unvarnished in his advocacy and he has the most to lose.
It serves the facts straight up; it is unvarnished, perhaps a little cold, and not very cheerful, but it is realistic.
The End of American Dominance in Robert Kaplan’s ‘The Revenge of Geography’Ian Morris
September 14, 2012
And plenty of people speak of this immigration and its supposed dangers as if these were unvarnished, unquestionable truths.
I do not begrudge the journalist for pursuing the unvarnished truth, irrespective of political consequences.
Historical Examples of unvarnished
The unvarnished fashions of New England honesty grated on his ear.
Hetty's Strange HistoryAnonymous
If there is one thing that I may claim to be above all others, it is ‘unvarnished’.
The Lady of the Basement FlatMrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Neither of these versions, however, is a plain, unvarnished tale.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and MusicianFrederick Niecks
He had told the unvarnished truth, but she interpreted it in her own way.
The Shadow of VictoryMyrtle Reed
This is truth, plain, unvarnished truth, just as the writer has found it.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor CarFrancis Miltoun