Definitions

warts and all

ADVERB

openly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blatantly brazenly candidly flagrantly forthrightly fully honestly plainly publicly readily simply unabashedly unashamedly willingly

WEAK

aboveboard artlessly frankly in broad daylight in full view in public in the open ingenuously naively naturally shamelessly straight under one's nose unhesitatingly unreservedly wantonly without pretense without reserve

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely

WEAK

secretly shamefully

Example Sentences

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"If you know them as well, I think that just makes it harder because warts and all, you have to try and find a fully-rounded character."

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

A "warts and all" assessment of the impact of the North Coast 500 road trip has been ordered amid concerns about overtourism.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Annette’s performance is as astonishing as it is the truest extension of her willingness to play Diana Nyad, warts and all.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024

Her tough stance on terror, non-aligned foreign policy and efforts to help Rohingya refugees — “all of this has made her government, warts and all, fully acceptable to much of the world,” Kugelman said.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024

Cromwell asked the painter to paint him, "warts and all."

From Fragments From France by Bairnsfather, Bruce

warts and all

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