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synonyms for call a spade a spade
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antonyms for call a spade a spade
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- devious
- shy
- uncommon
- different
- secretive
- insincere
- evasive
- lying
- ambiguous
- vague
- unclear
- indirect
- timid
- meek
- abnormal
- dishonest
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How to use call a spade a spade in a sentence
Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEYEverything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYIt was like his beautiful courtesy to call me in and introduce me to Blow instead of letting me go away.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYHe felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIAll that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSAfter an hour, however, he reached this decision: He would not go to or call up Mrs. Merley.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXHis strong legs and his broad, spade-like feet helped to make him a fine swimmer.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY"I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIREach did his duty, or was adjured to do it, in the "state of life to which it had pleased God to call him."
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKHe takes a turn up and down the room, looks at the music, and if the piece interests him, he will call upon you.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYWORDS RELATED TO CALL A SPADE A SPADE
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- candid
- direct
- downright
- easy
- familiar
- flat-out
- forthright
- free
- from the hip
- guileless
- heart-to-heart
- ingenuous
- lay it on the line
- like it is
- matter-of-fact
- naive
- natural
- open
- outright
- outspoken
- plain
- plain-spoken
- real
- saying what one thinks
- scrupulous
- sincere
- straight
- straightforward
- transparent
- truthful
- unconcealed
- undisguised
- uninhibited
- unreserved
- unrestricted
- up front
- upright
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.