warts and all

warts and all
Of or pertaining to a description or other depiction which reveals the full range of characteristics of a person or thing, including the shortcomings and imperfections.

Biographer Jones, for all his hero worship, belongs to the warts-and-all school, and notes some strange quirks in Freuds character.

2. adverb
In a manner which does not conceal shortcomings or imperfections.

The new crop of reality shows brings us that much closer to the contestants, warts and all.


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  • warts and all — With blemishes or shortcomings frankly revealed or consciously taken into account • • • Main Entry: ↑wart * * * warts and all informal phrase everything about a person or situation, even the bad things I love him, warts and all. Thesaurus:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • warts-and-all — if you describe or show someone or something warts and all, you do not try to hide the bad things about them. The book is a warts and all portrait of the socialist movement. (always before noun) …   New idioms dictionary

  • warts and all — If you like someone warts and all, you like them with all their faults …   The small dictionary of idiomes

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  • warts and all — ► warts and all informal including faults or unattractive qualities. Main Entry: ↑wart …   English terms dictionary

  • warts and all — if you describe or show someone or something warts and all, you do not try to hide the bad things about them. He tried to portray the president as he was, warts and all …   New idioms dictionary

  • warts and all — mod. even with the flaws. □ It’s a great performance warts and all. □ es, we admire each other very much, warts and all …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • warts and all —    If you like someone warts and all, you like them with all their faults.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Warts and all —   If you like someone warts and all, you like them with all their faults …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • warts-and-all — adjective Date: 1957 showing defects or imperfections frankly ; not idealized < a warts and all biography > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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