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candour n. 1 openness, frankness, ingenuousness, simplicity, na‹vety,
outspokenness, unreservedness, forthrightness, honesty,
sincerity, directness, straightforwardness, unequivocalness: I
admire her candour, but the truth sometimes hurts. 2
impartiality, fairness, justice, objectivity, open-mindedness:
In criticism candour is as rare as bigotry is frequent.
candy n. sweet(s), bon-bon(s), sweetmeat(s), confectionery: Eating
candy can be bad for your teeth.
cannibal n. anthropophagite, man-eater: They were said to have been
captured by cannibals living in remote regions.
cant n. 1 hypocrisy, insincerity, sham, pretence, humbug,
sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, lip-service, affectedness,
pretension: He wasn't really enthusiastic - all that talk was
just cant. 2 jargon, shop, shop-talk, argot, vernacular, slang,
dialect, patois, Creole, pidgin, gobbledegook or gobbledygook,
Colloq lingo: The criminals use a cant not understood by those
outside their fraternity.
cantankerous
adj. ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, cross, choleric,
cross-grained, crabby, curmudgeonly, crusty, grumpy, surly,
irascible, snappish, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, bearish,
bilious, peevish, testy, irritable, touchy, disagreeable,
tetchy, contrary, Colloq crotchety, grouchy, US cranky: Simon
used to be so friendly, but he's become a cantankerous old
codger.
canvass v. 1 solicit, electioneer, campaign, poll, US and Canadian
stump: The candidates will be canvassing in farming areas next
week. 2 survey, poll, study, analyse, examine, investigate,
interview, question: The statisticians are not satisfied that
enough women were canvassed to provide an accurate sample.
--n. 3 solicitation, campaign: The party's canvass of rural
areas for new supporters was not very successful. 4 survey,
study, investigation, poll, examination, tally: A canvass of
editors shows they have a conservative view of the language.
canyon n. gorge, ravine, gully or gulley, pass, defile, Brit dialect