candid

candid /'kændid/
  • tính từ
    • thật thà, ngay thẳng, bộc trực
    • vô tư, không thiên vị
    • candid camera
      • máy ảnh nhỏ chụp trộm
    • candid friend
      • (mỉa mai) người làm ra vẻ bộc trực ngay thẳng nhưng dụng ý để nói xấu bạn

Xem thêm: blunt, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder, open, heart-to-heart



candid

Từ điển Collocation

candid adj.

VERBS be

ADV. very | extraordinarily, remarkably | perfectly, quite | less than

PREP. about He was quite candid about the way the case had been handled. | with I felt she was being less than candid with me.

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; blunt, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder

    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

  • informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared

    a candid photograph

    a candid interview

  • openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; open, heart-to-heart

    his candid eyes

    an open and trusting nature

    a heart-to-heart talk

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: blunt direct frank outspoken sincere straightforward
ant.: partial unfair unjust