truth-telling
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Or would he sharpen his rapier wit enough to do what I think he does best: hilarious social-political truth-telling that hits its targets and avoids the punching-down cheap shots against groups that are least able to defend themselves — such as transgender folks, the target that sparked protests?"
- "Each self-denying single woman, like the heroine of “Some Tame Gazelle,” Pym’s first novel, is deemed “fortunate in needing very little to make her happy,” though the blunt, truthtelling housekeeper generally knows better."