UNGUARDEDNESS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

unguardedness

noun

as in honesty

the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions chastised by the other royals for her unguardedness when talking to the press

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Noun

Listen to their thoughts, then speak with hope, honesty and kindness.

— Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2026
The genre will continue to preserve the emotional honesty of its lyrics, which have traditionally focused on love.

— Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of honesty

Noun

The show sought to expand norms of representation—a project whose sincerity all but courts the cringeworthy—with artists hell-bent on deconstructing the drive for beauty, including Orlan, Sara Cwynar, Juno Calypso, and Haley Morris-Cafiero.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Still, the sincerity matters, and so does the achievement of realizing something this strange with such conviction.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of sincerity

Noun

Lin is known in town to be incredibly fair, but at times obtuse in his frankness.

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
The novel, published in 1988, foreshadowed the career to come by taking on, with disarming frankness, everything from child abuse to transracial adoption.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of frankness

Noun

Savio The Brazilian is still finding his feet but already feels like an important player, offering pace, directness and a willingness to take on his man — qualities lacking in many of his team-mates.

— Dan Kilpatrick, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Paul, meanwhile, was in a period of uncharacteristic autobiographical directness in his lyric-writing, documenting his grievances with his actor girlfriend Jane Asher while residing in her family’s London home.

— Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of directness

Noun

Casting Bill Burr — the stand-up, who in recent years has repeatedly gone viral for speaking hard truths right to people’s face with all the bluntness of his blue-collar Boston roots — was a whole other layer of wish fulfillment for Sorkin.

— Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 10 Oct. 2026
Still, everyone onstage seemed amused and accustomed to Lange’s bluntness.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of bluntness

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