Unvarnished definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary UNV'ARNISHED, a. 1. Not ... not having a coating of stain or varnish [syn: unstained, unvarnished] 2: free from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" [syn: plain, unvarnished] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1605 1. a. not adorned or glossed ; plain, straightforward < told the unvarnished truth > b. artless, frank < the unvarnished candor of old ...
... from any effort to soften to disguise; "the plain and unvarnished truth"; "the unvarnished candor of old people and children" [syn: plain, unvarnished] 6: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished ... unrelievedly, unremarkable, unreserved, unrestrained, unrestricted, unromantic, unsightly, unsophisticated, unstudied, unsuspicious, unvarnished, unwary, uplands, utter, vapid, veld, veldt, veritable, visible, vivid, vulgar ...