unvarnished
unvarnished adjective: not having been coated with varnish.
Adjective
unvarnished (not comparable)
- Not having been coated with varnish.
- unvarnished furniture
- Natural, unmodified, unembellished, not exaggerated.
- She told the unvarnished truth.
- There were no socialist countries or liberation movements to blame for World War I. It was a plain, unvarnished racist war for colonial empire.2004 June 24, Leslie Feinberg, “'The war to end all wars'”, in Workers World
unvarnished meaning in Malayalam
unvarnished in Malayalam
- unpainted, bare, unpolished
- പുറംപൂച്ചില്ലാത്ത, പച്ചയായ, മിനുക്കാത്ത, വാർണിഷിടാത്ത, നിറംപിടിപ്പിക്കാത്ത, അവസാന മിനുക്കുപണിചെയ്യാത്ത
- straightforward, simple, plain
- പുറംപൂച്ചില്ലാത്ത, ഋജുവായ, വ്യാജമില്ലാത്ത, സത്യസന്ധമായ, ലളിതമായ, നേരേയുള്ള
Examples of unvarnished in a sentence
- The unprofessional production of the skits, shot on handheld digital video without the assistance of a 'steady cam' device, contributes to their unvarnished allure.2008, Robert Sweeny, “This Performance Art Is for the Birds”, in Studies in Art Education, volume 49, page 138:
- Boris Johnson the "ersatz Churchill" needed the real one to remain untouchable and unvarnished to serve his own narrative as his latter-day incarnation.2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 35:
Synonyms of unvarnished
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Forms of unvarnished
| alternative form (archaic) | unvarnisht |
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Origin of unvarnished
From un- + varnished.
Words formed from unvarnished
Questions about unvarnished
- What does unvarnished mean?
- Unvarnished means not having been coated with varnish.
- What is unvarnished in Malayalam?
- Unvarnished in Malayalam is പുറംപൂച്ചില്ലാത്ത, പച്ചയായ, മിനുക്കാത്ത. See Unvarnished meaning in Malayalam.
- How do you use unvarnished in a sentence?
- The unprofessional production of the skits, shot on handheld digital video without the assistance of a 'steady cam' device, contributes to their unvarnished allure.
- What part of speech is unvarnished?
- Unvarnished is an adjective.
Words near unvarnished in the dictionary
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