Meaning of FREE-SPOKEN
| Pronunciation: | | 'free'spowkun
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| | Definition: | | [adj] characterized by disconcerting directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" |
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| | Synonyms: | | blunt, candid, direct, forthright, frank, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank |
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| | Definition: | | \Free"-spo`ken\, a.
Accustomed to speak without reserve. --Bacon. --
{Free"-spo`ken-ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | accessible, approachable, articulate, artless, bluff, blunt, broad, brusque, candid, communicative, conversable, demonstrative, direct, downright, effusive, eloquent, expansive, explicit, extroverted, forthright, frank, frankhearted, free, free hand, free-acting, free-going, freehanded, free-moving, free-speaking, free-tongued, genuine, gossipy, heart-to-heart, ingenuous, loud-speaking, loud-spoken, newsy, open, openhearted, outgoing, outspoken, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, round, self-revealing, self-revelatory, sincere, sociable, soft-speaking, soft-spoken, speaking, straight, straightforward, straight-out, talkative, talking, transparent, true-speaking, unchecked, unconstrained, unequivocal, unguarded, unhampered, unrepressed, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unreticent, unsecretive, unshrinking, unsilent, unsuppressed, vocal, well-spoken |
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