Synset:blunt candid frank free-spoken outspoken plainspoken point-blank straight-from-the-shoulder
Examples:
- 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
Antonyms:indirect
Derivationally Related Form:bluntnessforthrightnessfranknesscandidnessoutspokenness
Inherited Hypernyms:blunt
Similar to:direct