1. unvarnished - Adjective
2. unvarnished - Adjective Satellite
free from any effort to soften to disguise
not having a coating of stain or varnish
Source: WordNetPatriots are few and far between when tyranny is strong. As the tyrant falls, patriots abound. But their patriotism is suspect. Accept no revolutionary leader who has not paid his dues with longevity, determination, sacrifice, defiance, dedication to unvarnished truth and love of his people. David Lane (white nationalist)
A fancifully fancyless medium of unvarnished news. Willard van Orman Quine
...there'd also been an unvarnished honestly in what they'd said. There were no hidden meanings, no secret attempts to pass judgment; as quickly as their disagreements had flared up, they'd pass. Nicholas Sparks
I've been through a lot of hearings about one damn thing and another. Most of the time they're exercises in ass covering. If the unvarnished truth ever came out at one, it would be because someone screwed up. Daniel Abraham
War is an unvarnished evil. Andrew Bacevich
Words have great cumulative power, but in the 21st century, a single image is much stronger. An image suggests the unvarnished truth. That is its power and its fiction. Alexandra Kerry