hard truth

Noun

Meaning

hard truth (countable and uncountable, plural hard truths)

A truth that is difficult to accept.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

gospel pipeline

Antonyms

portent prophecy instinct divination foretelling foreknowledge
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Examples

We must begin by acknowledging a hard truth. We will not eradicate violent conflict in our lifetimes. There will be times when nations, acting individually or in concert, will find the use of force not only necessary but morally justified. Barack Obama

One reason we cannot forget our law enforcement legacy is that the people we serve and protect cannot forget it, either. So we must talk about our history. It is a hard truth that lives on. James Comey

If a marker were to be erected today, it might read, in homage to his scientific courage: "He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions.”. Carl Sagan

Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it. George R. R. Martin

[A]n attractive lie is always going to be more popular than a hard truth. Dave Sim

It wasn't the 'miracle of engineering' that is the human body that was filling me with a mad desire to live my days and nights in a pair of scrubs. The hard truth was I did not remotely want to be a surgeon. I actually just wanted to be on 'Grey's Anatomy.' Caterina Scorsone

Close letter words and terms

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