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unvarnished

[ uhn-vahr-nisht ]

adjective

  1. plain; clear; straightforward; without vagueness or subterfuge; frank:

    the unvarnished truth.

    Synonyms: direct, candid, naked, bare

  2. unfinished, as floors or furniture; not coated with or as if with varnish.


unvarnished

/ ʌnˈvɑːnɪʃt /

adjective

  1. not elaborated upon or glossed; plain and direct

    the unvarnished truth

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of unvarnished1

First recorded in 1595–1605; un- 1 + varnish + -ed 3, -ed 2
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Example Sentences

In her deposition, Michell said she became concerned after the investigations started that the City Council wasn’t “going to get that unvarnished view” she had pledged.

In a conversation, Burns emphasized that Americans “need the full unvarnished truth” about their history.

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Spears appeared to reference the apology in a cryptic Instagram post last summer, but we’re eager to hear her unvarnished reflections on the controversy—and how she looks back on that time in her life now.

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“To some, that appears more like a monetized career move than an unvarnished emotional reckoning,” the New York Times wrote.

These make flags droop but promise that an unvarnished accounting will aid the cause of progress.

Obama, of course, insisted he wanted their independent, unvarnished judgments.

Closest as in “closest to her heart,” or something clutched, or something unvarnished, artless, some plain truth?

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.

And plenty of people speak of this immigration and its supposed dangers as if these were unvarnished, unquestionable truths.

But give me a comprehensive idea of the place, in your own inimitable unvarnished diction.

Some of these bald, unvarnished tales give a capital idea of the men who conquered the wilderness.

No; I only wish you to give me a perfectly unvarnished account.

He tells a plain, unvarnished tale, and the very truth of it makes for beauty.

In the cottage there were six tiny little bedrooms divided from one another by plain unvarnished partitions of pine.

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