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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Having spent nearly 50 years telling America’s stories, warts and all, Ken Burns knows better than to traffic in the reassurance business.

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

Cody Recker and Jessica Perez loved their Boyle Heights rental — warts and all.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025

It is my job to try to bring you as clear a sense as I can of what is really going on at the heart of government, warts and all.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

Some see Crowther as an unfairly maligned man of his time, and his effigy as an important part of the state’s history, warts and all.

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2024

Sainte-Beuve sought to paint the portrait of the man as he was, warts and all; but he did not care for a sitter who was not worth the most loving art.

From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander

warts and all

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