Straight from the shoulder


Synonyms for straight from the shoulder
adj frank

aboveboard
apparent
artless
blunt
bold
brazen
candid
direct
downright
easy
familiar
flat-out
forthright

free
guileless
honest
ingenuous
matter-of-fact
naive
natural
open
outright
outspoken
plain
plainspoken
real

scrupulous
sincere
straight
straight-out
straightforward
transparent
truthful
unconcealed
uninhibited
unreserved
unrestricted
up front
upright

bare-faced
call a spade a spade
from the hip
heart-to-heart
lay it on the line
like it is
man-to-man
plain-spoken
saying what one thinks
undisguised

Synonyms
adj honest

unambiguous
straightforward
sincere
unequivocal
explicit
candid
blunt

forthright
bald
plain
straight
express
frank
open

absolute
categorical
downright
matter-of-fact
outspoken
point-blank
unconcealed

unreserved
plainspoken
talk turkey
person-to-person
undisguised

Antonyms

ambiguous
deceitful
dishonest
equivocal
indefinite
vague

unclear
indirect
wily
changing
deviating
intermittent

interrupted
varying
devious
tricky
decorated
obscure

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