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What is another word for not afraid to call a spade a spade?

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Rudely abrupt and unfriendly in nature

Honest or frank in nature

Adjective

Rudely abrupt and unfriendly in nature

ill-humoured^UK

like a bear with a sore head

on a short fuse

uncomplimentary

rubbing the wrong way

confrontational

as cross as two sticks

uncommunicative

extremely critical

having short fuse

hot under collar

pulling no punches

apt to fly off the handle

with a long face

straight from the shoulder

not mincing one's words

speaking one's mind

not beating about the bush

calling a spade a spade

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

having got out of bed the wrong side

easily offended

down in the mouth

bent out of shape

foaming at the mouth

in high dudgeon

down in the dumps

not best pleased

in the doldrums

unaccommodating

perversely irritable

having a fit of the sulks

looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny

not on speaking terms

evil-intentioned

huffy irascible

passive-aggressive

gnashing one's teeth

bundle of nerves

dishonorable^US

at daggers drawn

unsportsmanlike

dishonourable^UK

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Adjective

Honest or frank in nature

straightforward

straight to the point

straight from the shoulder

not beating around the bush

speaking as one finds

straight-talking

lay it on the line

straight-shooting

call a spade a spade

straight-from-the-shoulder

no beating around the bush

speaking straight from the shoulder

saying what one thinks

honest-to-goodness

square-shooting

on the up and up

laid on the line

telling it like it is

unsophisticated

laying it on the line

calling spade a spade

unselfconscious

wet behind the ears

no holds barred

well-established

fair and square

straight from shoulder

brutally honest

meaning what one says

unself-conscious

twenty-four carat

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