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candid
/ˈkæn.dɪd/
adj 4noun 1
Collocations
7(adj.)
VERBS
be
ADV
very | extraordinarily, remarkably | perfectly, quite | less than
PREP
about
She was candid about her mistakes and apologized to the team immediately.
with
My doctor was very candid with me about the risks of the surgery.
Definitions
adj
1
Impartial and free from prejudice.
He knew not where to look for faithful advice, efficient aid, or candid judgement.
Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.»
2
Straightforward, open and sincere.
“I know you do; and it is that which makes the wonder. With your good sense, to be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others! Affectation of candour is common enough;—one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone.[…]”
My candid opinion was that it was all rubbish!
3
Not posed or rehearsed.
Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood?
4
Bright; white.
The Box receives all Black, but, pour'd from thence, / The Stones came candid forth; the Hue of Innocence.
noun
1
A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.
When he held the Guild Chair, the office walls were not, as they are now, festooned with orchestrated candids of Chancre and municipal burghers, Chancre herding his porcine family in their Sunday best.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — characterized by directness in manner or speech
- blunt
- forthright
- frank
- free-spoken
- outspoken
- plainspoken
- point-blank
- straight-from-the-shoulder
adjective — openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secreti
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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He knew not where to look for faithful advice, efficient aid, or candid judgement.
Wiktionary02
Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.»
Wiktionary03
“I know you do; and it is that which makes the wonder. With your good sense, to be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others! Affectation of candour is common enough;—one meets with it e
Wiktionary04
His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.
Wiktionary05
When he held the Guild Chair, the office walls were not, as they are now, festooned with orchestrated candids of Chancre and municipal burghers, Chancre herding his porcine family in their Sunday best
Wiktionary06
Roy is secretive and Ted is candid.
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