Crossword clues for candid
candid
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Candid \Can*did\ (k[a^]n"d[i^]d), a. [F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. cand[=e]re to be of a glowing white; akin to accend[e^]re, incend[e^]re, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense.]
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White. [Obs.]
The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence.
--Dryden. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. ``Candid and dispassionate men.''
--W. Irving.-
Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.
Syn: Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable.
Usage: Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, "white," from Latin candidum "white; pure; sincere, honest, upright," from candere "to shine," from PIE root *kand- "to glow, to shine" (see candle). In English, metaphoric extension to "frank" first recorded 1670s (compare French candide "open, frank, ingenuous, sincere"). Of photography, 1929. Related: Candidly; candidness.
Wiktionary
a. 1 impartial and free from prejudice. 2 straightforward, open and sincere. 3 Not posed or rehearsed. n. A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
WordNet
adj. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder]
informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared; "a candid photograph"; "a candid interview"
openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness; "his candid eyes"; "an open and trusting nature"; "a heart-to-heart talk" [syn: open, heart-to-heart]
starkly realistic; "I have never lacked candid critics in my own ranks"-Clement Atlee
Wikipedia
Candid may refer to:
- Candid photography
- Candid Records, an American (later, British) record label
- Ilyushin Il-76, NATO reporting name Candid, a Soviet aircraft
Usage examples of "candid".
Knowing how much Rush admired Jefferson, Adams was nonetheless equally candid on the subject.
DiGenova said he wanted to be candid since he had spent months investigating already.
His conclusion, after a careful and candid discussion, is, that Nirwana had different meanings to the minds of the ancient Aryan priests, the orthodox Brahmans, the Sankhya Brahmans, and the Buddhists, but had not to any of them, excepting possibly a few atheists, the sense of strict annihilation.
Rassigart was charmed by this candid young ingenue, and Shina had already adored the Prince for weeks.
No such thing as a candid camera, an unposed picture, an unexamined life.
Gray-haired and mid-sized, Thrasea was the most independent, fearless, and candid member of the Senate, the non-compromiser among colleagues, many of whom were toadies.
Stanton was satisfied, also, that McClellan and his pretty wifethe two were so blatantly in love it was embarrassinghad responded well to his candid derogations of Lincoln.
The people of the bourse could hardly admire enough these bold financiers who had so deftly relieved that candid marquis of his money.
I have been heartened by the support of General al Hez, who has been candid about the problems of roving criminals in this country.
The results of a man like this, so extensively known as one of the most philosophical and candid, as well as brilliant of instructors, and whose admirable abilities and signal liberality are generally conceded, ought to be of great weight in deciding the question.
That behaviour, which is usually the result of a good education and a long experience of society, was in the lovely peasant-girl due only to a candid and well-balanced mind which shone all the more because it was all nature and not art.
They formed in all their contradictions and obscurities an invincible and humanitarian creed, which he confessed rather than preached, with an obstinate gentleness, a smile of pacific assurance on his lips, and his candid blue eyes cast down because the sight of faces troubled his inspiration developed in solitude.
Eve saw portions of the wedding unfoldthe bride and groom, the family portraits, the candids.
It seemed to me that his off-hand professions of childishness and carelessness were a great relief to my guardian, by contrast with such things, and were the more readily believed in since to find one perfectly undesigning and candid man among many opposites could not fail to give him pleasure.
There are plenty of Universalists, Number Seven says, in the Episcopalian and other Protestant churches, but they do not avow their belief in any frank and candid fashion.