Inconvenient truth

Synonyms for "inconvenient truth" (14 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Adjective(3 words)
awkwarddifficult truthhard

Strong matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)
hard facthard truthtough truthuncomfortable

Related words (7)

Adjective(7 words)
unfavorableunfavorable truthunpalatableunpalatable factunpleasant truthunwelcomeunwelcome truth

Related word relations

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More general

8 entries

More specific

15 entries
administrative burdenawkwardeconomic burdenhardhard datapolicy constraintpublic costtough factunavoidable factunavoidable truthunpalatable dataunpalatable factunpopular factunwelcomeunwelcome fact

Collocations

8 entries
difficult truthhard facthard truthinconvenient realityunavoidable truthuncomfortable truthunpopular factunwelcome truth

Inflections

3 entries
inconvenient truthsmore inconvenientmost inconvenient

Derivations

4 entries