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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
plainspoken
1. using simple and direct language
- a plainspoken country doctor
• Similar to:
unrhetorical
2. characterized by 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
• Syn:
blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken,
outspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder
• Similar to:
direct
• Derivationally related forms:
outspokenness (for: outspoken), frankness (for: frank), forthrightness (for: forthright), candidness (for: candid), bluntness (for: blunt)
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