straight shooting
Telling it directly
Straight shooting is honest, direct communication without evasion or deception.
A straight shooter tells you what they think without sugarcoating: I appreciate her straight shooting—she doesn't waste your time with flattery.
The image comes from firing accurately at a target rather than missing or aiming elsewhere.
- candorUnguarded truthfulness
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
- telling it like it isSpeaking plain, unfiltered truth
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- forthrightnessQuality of being direct
trustworthiness · plain-speaking · transparency · cards on the table · dependability · sincerity · on the level · reliability · exactitude · dead center · bluntness · precision · directness · plain and simple · no nonsense · accuracy · authenticity · straightforwardness
- candorfrankness, directness, bluntness, candor, straightforwardness
- honestyhonesty, truthfulness, candor, sincerity, dishonesty
straight shootinglying
Stating known falsehoods
deception · dishonesty · duplicity · deceitfulness · mendacity
straight shootingevasiveness
Tendency to avoid directness
beating around the bush · hedging · equivocation · diplomatic language · circumlocution
straight shootingevasive
Avoiding direct response
diplomatic · circumlocution · beating around the bush · double-talk · weasel words
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