unvarnished
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English varnished English unvarnished From un- + varnished.
- 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.”