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Synonyms for outspokenness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : out-spoh-kuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˈspoʊ kən |
Top 10 synonyms for outspokenness
- bluntness
- candor
- confidence
- conscientiousness
- equity
- evenhandedness
- faithfulness
- fidelity
- forthrightness
- genuineness
- glasnost
- goodness
- guilelessness
- honor
- honorableness
- impartiality
- impeccability
- incorruptibility
- ingenuousness
- integrity
- justness
- loyalty
- morality
- naiveté
- openness
- plainnes
- plainness
- principle
- rectitude
- reputability
- responsibility
- right
- scrupulousness
- self-respect
- soundness
- straightforwardness
- straightness
- trustiness
- trustworthiness
- unequivocalness
- uprightness
- upstandingness
- veracity
- virtue
Définition of outspokenness
Origin :- "given to speaking freely," 1808, originally Scottish, from out (adv.) + spoken. "The pa. pple. has here a resultant force, as in 'well spoken', 'well read'." [OED]. Related: Outspokenly; outspokenness.
- As in candor : noun complete honesty
- As in honorableness : noun honesty
- As in incorruptibility : noun honesty
- As in upstandingness : noun honesty
- As in honesty : noun truthfulness, candidness
- Yet with all her outspokenness I am conscious of a tremendous sense of reservation.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
- "Pardon my outspokenness," he said, sinking his voice to a lower tone.
- Extract from : « Number Seventeen » by Louis Tracy
- His own outspokenness was the glory of philosophy and science in his day.
- Extract from : « Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by George Jacob Holyoake
- I think it may take a little time for her to understand your jokes or you her outspokenness.
- Extract from : « Tante » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- Her frankness was more the frankness of a child than the outspokenness of gaucherie.
- Extract from : « The Golden Web » by Anthony Partridge
- Why not emulate his outspokenness, and thus spare him the certain shock of discovery?
- Extract from : « His Unknown Wife » by Louis Tracy
- He was a man peculiarly averse to outspokenness about his own feelings.
- Extract from : « A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) » by Frances Eleanor Trollope
- The outspokenness of Tom's answer allayed the governor's suspicions.
- Extract from : « Under Drake's Flag » by G. A. Henty
- "They need your money," he declared, with a young man's outspokenness.
- Extract from : « The Wild Olive » by Basil King
- The head-master had the generosity to bear his censurer no grudge for his outspokenness.
- Extract from : « The Silent Isle » by Arthur Christopher Benson
Antonyms for outspokenness
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