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US
/ˈkændəd, ˈkændɪd/
]
[ UK /kˈændɪd/ ]
[ UK /kˈændɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness
his candid eyes
an open and trusting nature
a heart-to-heart talk -
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
a point-blank accusation
a forthright approach to the problem
forthright criticism
tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
blunt talking and straight shooting
a blunt New England farmer
I gave them my candid opinion
plainspoken and to the point -
informal or natural; especially caught off guard or unprepared
a candid interview
a candid photograph
How To Use candid In A Sentence
- Two more debates are scheduled in the coming weeks, one debate dealing with education and health will be held in Irbid next week and the final week before elections the southern city of Karak will witness a candidates debate on agriculture and development. Daoud Kuttab: Jordanian Candidate Uses Debate to Call for Curtailing King's Powers
- There has to be a standard, a level where the candidacy is based on merit rather than on luck.
- No, but they more or less remained together, I hate to use the word ideologically, but I guess for want of a better word, they seemed to always react, more or less, the same way to political situations and to political candidates 'platforms. Oral History Interview with Lindy Boggs, January 31, 1974. Interview A-0082. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
- Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied.
- Before anyone says that this was going to happen anyway, remember that political pros were saying two years ago that Napolitano was a one term fluke, early this year Republicans were salivating about a possible 2/3 majority House and Senate, and it took some foresight to see that a decent candidate could be recruited to take out J. Archive 2006-12-01
- an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate's headquarters
- Guardian International correspondent Jonathan Steele called Bush's and Blair's denial of the horrors attending the Iraq civil war "Panglossian" - referring to the ever optimistic Dr. Pangloss of Voltaire's novel Candide who, at every disaster, proclaims that ours is the best of all possible worlds. Surge to Purge: The 80% Solution in Iraq
- Candidates should have training and practical experience in basic electronics.
- Gadafy's striking non-endorsement of the Democratic candidate focused in part on Obama's pledge of "unshakeable" support for Israel, which caused dismay, if not surprise, across the Arab and Muslim worlds last week. Obama Taking Over Democratic National Committee Partly To Avoid Kerry's Fate
- So far, this scribe detects two "fortissimo" candidates -- people palpably impatient to get in office and shake things up. Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News