unmincing

English[edit]

unmincing (comparative more unmincing, superlative most unmincing)

Not speaking in a roundabout or vague manner; direct; blunt.
- 1874, Sarah Tytler, Lady Bell: A Story of the Last Century, page 82:
  "If I don't have a care," reflected Lady Bell in alarm, and with the crude unmincing expression of opinion which belonged to her years and her generation, "I'll soon be as great a brute as Trevor."
- 1896, Brother Azarias, Books and Reading, page 90:
  He is a wonderful searcher of hearts and interpreter of motives, and in scathing, unmincing language he reveals the hidden folds of souls.
Not walking with affectedly short steps.
- 2003, Roger Rapoport, Bob Drews, Kim Klescewski, I Should Have Just Stayed Home, page 219:
  We proceeded with an unmincing gait to the first main street and flagged down a taxi with an unspoken single agenda propelling the three of us — get out of Russia.