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Definition: Free-spoken |
Free-spokenAdjective1. Characterized by disconcerting directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "free-spoken" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1644. (references) |
Synonyms: Free-spokenSynonyms: blunt (adj), candid (adj), forthright (adj), frank (adj), outspoken (adj), plainspoken (adj), point-blank (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Artlessness | Free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken; blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical; unflattering. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "free-spoken": Free-spoken-ness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "free-spoken"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i sinqertë (candid, devout, earnest, explicit, Frank, free, free-hearted, genuine, honest, ingenuous, onefold, open, outgiving, outspoken, plain spoken, sincere, single minded, single-eyed, single-hearted, Square, transparent, true, true-hearted, truthful, unaffected, unreserved, whole-souled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | прям (above board, bluff, bluffy, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, honest, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, round, sincere, straight out, straightaway, straightforward, unaffected, unreserved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | otevřený (above board, avowed, barefaced, blunt, direct, Frank, honest, open, open-hearted, outspoken, overt, plainspoken, raw, straightforward, unclosed, undone, unreserved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szókimondó (explicit, outspoken, plain spoken, straightforward). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neucheiltynagh (frank, undissembling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ee-spokenfray sincer (above board, artless, authentic, blunt, candid, candidly, childlike, devout, downright, fair, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-whole, hearty, honest, honestly, ingenuous, kind, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, plain, plainly, right-down, round, sincere, single, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, undisguised, unfeigned, unpretending, unreserved, well-meant), deschis (above board, artless, avowedly, bald, baldly, barefaced, barely, blunt, broad, direct, downright, flatly, forthright, Frank, frankly, freehearted, guileless, light, naked, open, openly, outright, outspoken, overt, overtly, pale, patent, plainly, raw, round, roundly, sincere, Square, straight, straightforward, unfeigned, unreserved). (various references) откровенный (candid, downright, forthright, frank, freehearted, free-hearted, outgiving, outspoken, plainspoken, plain-spoken, self-confessed, straightforward, unreserved). (various references) iskren (above board, blunt, candid, childlike, downright, fair dealing, forthright, frank, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, open, open minded, openhearted, outspoken, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward). (various references) frispråkig (candid, free, free speech, free-speech, outspoken, plainspoken), öppenhjärtig (demonstrative, expansive, foursquare, open, outright, outspoken, straight). (various references) sözünü esirgemeyen (bluff, Frank, outspoken), açık sözlü (bluff, blunt, expansive, explicit, forthcoming, Frank, honest, ingenuous, outspoken, plain spoken, plainspoken, plump, straight out, unreserved). (various references) nói toạc ra, nói thẳng (plain-spoken, point). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "free-spoken" (pronounced 'Free"-spo`ken'): foul-spoken, heartbroken, Plain-spoken, Pock-broken, Pretty-spoken, Short-spoken, smooth-spoken, soft-spoken, Straight-spoken, Well-spoken, Wind-broken. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-k-n-o-p-r-s" | |
-2 letters: foreseen, kerosene, respoken. | |
-3 letters: foresee, keeners, keepers, openers, reopens, respoke. | |
-4 letters: enserf, keener, keeper, kernes, kreeps, opener, pekoes, pensee, peones, pereon, person, pokers, preens, reopen, repose, reseek, reseen, seeker, serene, spoken. | |
-5 letters: epees, ernes, erose, esker, feres, ferns, fores, forks, frees, froes, frons, keefs, keens, keeps, kenos, kerfs, kerne, kerns, knees, knops, knosp, kreep. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 65 65 2D 73 70 6F 6B 65 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01100101 01100101 00101101 01110011 01110000 01101111 01101011 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r e e - s p o k e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0065 0065 002D 0073 0070 006F 006B 0065 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4084717115858281777180 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albán, Albaneagh, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, alban, Arnavut |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, cseh, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, macarca, macar, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, från ön man, man adası, man dili |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, román, Roomainagh, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumänsk |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, orosz, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, Rusça, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, svéd, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnami, vietnámi, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
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