N. artlessness, nature, simplicity, innocence, bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity, singleness of purpose, singleness of heart, honesty, plain speaking, epanchement, rough diamond, matter of fact man, le palais de verite, enfant terrible

V. be artless, look one in the face, wear one's heart upon his sleeves for daws to peck at, think aloud, speak out, speak one's mind, be free with one, call a spade a spade

Adj. artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive, sincere, frank, open, open as day, candid, ingenuous, guileless, unsuspicious, honest, innocent, arcadian, undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard, simple-minded, single-minded, frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted, free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken, blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical, unflattering

Adv. in plain words, in plain english, without mincing the matter, not to mince the matter

Phr. davus sum non oedipus, liberavi animam meam, "as frank as rain on cherry blossoms", 1, conditional antagonism