Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

innocence &c 946; bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity; singleness of purpose, singleness of heart; honesty &c 939; plain speaking; epanchement [Fr.]. rough diamond, matter of fact man; le palais de verite [Fr.]; enfant terrible [Fr.]. V. be artless &c adj.; 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 &c 939; innocent &c 946; 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 &c (affirmation) 535. Phr. Davus sum non Oedipus [Lat.] [Terence]; liberavi animam meam [Lat.]; as frank as rain on cherry blossoms [E.B. Browning]. SECTION IV. ANTAGONISM