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candour n. 1 openness, frankness, ingenuousness, simplicity, na‹vety,<br />

outspokenness, unreservedness, forthrightness, honesty,<br />

sincerity, directness, straightforwardness, unequivocalness: I<br />

admire her candour, but the truth sometimes hurts. 2<br />

impartiality, fairness, justice, objectivity, open-mindedness:<br />

In criticism candour is as rare as bigotry is frequent.<br />

candy n. sweet(s), bon-bon(s), sweetmeat(s), confectionery: Eating<br />

candy can be bad for your teeth.<br />

cannibal n. anthropophagite, man-eater: They were said to have been<br />

captured by cannibals living in remote regions.<br />

cant<br />

n. 1 hypocrisy, insincerity, sham, pretence, humbug,<br />

sanctimony, sanctimoniousness, lip-service, affectedness,<br />

pretension: He wasn't really enthusiastic - all that talk was<br />

just cant. 2 jargon, shop, shop-talk, argot, vernacular, slang,<br />

dialect, patois, Creole, pidgin, gobbledegook or gobbledygook,<br />

Colloq lingo: The criminals use a cant not understood by those<br />

outside their fraternity.<br />

cantankerous<br />

adj. ill-natured, quarrelsome, perverse, cross, choleric,<br />

cross-grained, crabby, curmudgeonly, crusty, grumpy, surly,<br />

irascible, snappish, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, bearish,<br />

bilious, peevish, testy, irritable, touchy, disagreeable,<br />

tetchy, contrary, Colloq crotchety, grouchy, US cranky: Simon<br />

used to be so friendly, but he's become a cantankerous old<br />

codger.<br />

canvass v. 1 solicit, electioneer, campaign, poll, US and Canadian<br />

stump: The candidates will be canvassing in farming areas next<br />

week. 2 survey, poll, study, analyse, examine, investigate,<br />

interview, question: The statisticians are not satisfied that<br />

enough women were canvassed to provide an accurate sample.<br />

--n. 3 solicitation, campaign: The party's canvass of rural<br />

areas for new supporters was not very successful. 4 survey,<br />

study, investigation, poll, examination, tally: A canvass of<br />

editors shows they have a conservative view of the language.<br />

canyon n. gorge, ravine, gully or gulley, pass, defile, Brit dialect

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