artlessness
101affectation — *pose, air, mannerism Analogous words: *pretense, pretension: pretentiousness, ostenta tion (see corresponding adjectives at SHOWY) Antonyms: artlessness Contrasted words: naturalness, simplicity, ingenuousness, naivete, unsophistication (see… …
102chat — vb Chat, gab, chatter, patter, prate, prattle, babble, gabble, jabber, gibber denote to emit a loose and ready flow of inconsequential talk or as nouns the talk so emitted. To chat is to talk in light, easy, and pleasant fashion {in easy mirth we …
103frank — adj Frank, candid, open, plain are comparable when they mean showing in speech, looks, and manners the willingness to tell what one feels or thinks. Frank stresses lack of reserve or of reticence in the expression of one s thoughts or feelings;… …
104negligence — negligence, neglect are not always clearly distinguished in use, even though the lines between them may be drawn with some clearness. Negligence stresses the quality or fact of being negligent or careless either as shown in a lack of care in the… …
105candor — n 1. frankness, forthrightness, straightforwardness, candidness, calling a spade a spade, Sl. telling it like it is; plain speaking, plain spokenness, downrightness, outrightness, explicitness, unequivo calness; outspokenness, freeness, free… …
106ease — n 1. comfort, relaxation, well being, complacency; repose, rest, restfulness, peace, peacefulness; serenity, calm, calmness, tranquillity, stillness; peace of mind, security, contentment, content. 2. facility, dexterity, adroitness, skill,… …
107freedom — n 1. liberty, autonomy, sovereignty; independence, self determination, self direction, self government. 2. liberation, emancipation, manumission, disenthrallment, decolonization; release, relief from, riddance from, deregulation, decontrol;… …
108honesty — n 1. uprightness, rectitude, probity, honor, integrity; justice, justness, fairness, impartiality, equity, equitableness, objectivity, objectiveness, disinterestedness, evenness, evenhandedness, Inf. levelness; straightness, squareness, square… …
109independence — n 1. self government, self direction, self rule, self legislation, self determination; freedom, liberty, autonomy, sovereignty. 2. liberation, emancipation, manumission, disen thrallment, decolonization; release, relief from, riddance from;… …
110ingenuousness — n 1. openness, openheartedness, sincerity, sincereness, genuineness, undeceptiveness, undeceitfulness; honorableness, justness, fairness, uprightness, straightness, squareness, square dealing, plain dealing, square shooting, straight shooting;… …
