HOME TRUTH

Meaning of HOME TRUTH in English

ˌhome ˈtruth BrE AmE noun [countable usually plural]

a true but unpleasant fact that someone tells you about yourself:

It’s time someone told him a few home truths.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

HOME TRUTH — noun Date: 1711 an unpleasant fact that jars the sensibilities, a statement of undisputed fact
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOME TRUTH — noun 1. : an unpleasant fact that jars the sensibilities home truths demand utterance but not in a scolding voice …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOME TRUTH — an indisputable fact or basic truth, esp. one whose accuracy may cause discomfort or embarrassment. [ 1705-15 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOME TRUTH — Date: 1711 1. : an unpleasant fact that jars the sensibilities 2. : a statement of undisputed fact
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOME TRUTH — Function: noun Date: 1711 1 : an unpleasant fact that jars the sensibilities 2 : a statement of undisputed fact
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOME TRUTH — ■ noun an unpleasant fact about oneself.
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOME TRUTH — [home truth] n (1711) 1: an unpleasant fact that jars the sensibilities 2: a statement of undisputed fact
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOME TRUTH — noun [ usually pl. ] a true but unpleasant fact about a person, usually told to them by sb else …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOME TRUTH — ( home truths) Home truths are unpleasant facts that you learn about yourself, usually from someone else. ( BRIT ) …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOME TRUTH — (~s) Home truths are unpleasant facts that you learn about yourself, usually from someone else. (BRIT) We held a team …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HOME TRUTH — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In the second extract he might have been risking telling a home truth to his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOME TRUTH — неоспоримый факт (часто такой, который неприятно признавать), "горькая правда"
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOME TRUTH — Неудобная правда
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HOME TRUTH — _n. горькая правда
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HOME TRUTH — неоспоримый факт (часто такой, который неприятно признавать), "горькая правда"
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOME TRUTH — горькая истина, горькая правда, неприятная правда о себе
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOME TRUTH — горькая истина, горькая правда, неприятная правда о себе
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOME TRUTH — неоспоримый факт ( часто такой, который неприятно признавать ) , "горькая правда"
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOME TRUTH — неоспоримый факт (часто такой, который неприятно признавать), "горькая правда"
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOME TRUTH — _n. горькая правда
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HOME TRUTH — n. горькая правда
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HOME TRUTH — неоспоримый факт (часто такой, который неприятно признавать), "горькая правда"
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TRUTH — I In philosophy, the property of statements, thoughts, or propositions that are said, in ordinary discourse, to agree with the …
Английский словарь Британика
HOME — I. ˈhōm, dial with vowel ˈə or a vowel approaching it noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English hoom, hom, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRUTH — ˈtrüth noun ( plural truths -üthz also -üths) Etymology: Middle English trewthe, treuthe, from Old English trēowth, trīewth; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRUTH — — truthless , adj. — truthlessness , n. /troohth/ , n. , pl. truths /troohdhz, troohths/ . 1. the true …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOME — /hohm/ , n., adj., adv., v., homed, homing . n. 1. a house, apartment, or other shelter that is the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOME — I. ˈhōm noun Etymology: Middle English hom, from Old English hām village, home; akin to Old High German heim home, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TRUTH — noun righteousness; true religion. 2. truth ·noun fidelity; constancy; steadfastness; faithfulness. 3. truth ·vt to assert as true; to declare. …
Webster English vocab
HOME — adv close; closely. 2. home ·noun ·see homelyn. 3. home ·noun the home base; he started for home. 4. home …
Webster English vocab
HOME — [home] n [ME hom, fr. OE ham village, home; akin to OHG heim home] (bef. 12c) 1 a: one's place …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TRUTH — truth BrE AmE truːθ ▷ truths truːðz truːθs ▶ ˈ truth drug BrE AmE ▶ ˈ truth ˌ table BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOME — home BrE AmE həʊm AmE hoʊm ▷ homed həʊmd AmE hoʊmd ▷ homes həʊmz AmE hoʊmz ▷ homing ˈhəʊm ɪŋ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TRUTH — / truːθ; NAmE / noun ( pl. truths / truːðz; NAmE /) 1. the truth [ sing. ] the true …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOME — / həʊm; NAmE hoʊm/ noun , adjective , adverb , verb ■ noun HOUSE, etc. 1. [ C , U …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRUTH — truth S1 W2 /truːθ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adverb : ↑ truly , ↑ truthfully ≠ ↑ untruthfully …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOME — I. home 1 S1 W1 /həʊm $ hoʊm/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ homeless , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TRUTH — n. (pl. truths) 1 the quality or a state of being true or truthful (doubted the truth of the statement; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TRUTH — n. (pl. truths) 1 the quality or a state of being true or truthful (doubted the truth of the statement; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. n. 1 a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TRUTH — n. (pl. truths) 1. the quality or a state of being true or truthful (doubted the truth of the statement; …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — n., adj., adv., & v. --n. 1. a the place where one lives; the fixed residence of a family or …
Oxford English vocab
HOME — I. NOUN, ADJECTIVE, AND ADVERB USES /hoʊm/ ( homes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRUTH — ( truths) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The truth about something …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TRUTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a kernel of truth ▪ There may be a kernel of truth in what he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOME — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a home birth (= when a woman gives birth at home, not in a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TRUTH — [noun] [U] - the quality of being trueThere would seem to be some truth in what she says.There is no …
Cambridge English vocab
TRUTH — n. AUM Supreme Truth truth cinema Truth Sojourner to speak the truth Four Noble Truths
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TRUTH — Synonyms and related words : a priori truth, absolute certainty, absolute credibility, absoluteness, accomplished fact, accuracy, actuality, actually, assurance, assuredness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — Synonyms and related words : Heaven, Paradise, VA hospital, Vaterland, a better place, abode, accessible, adept in, afterlife, afterworld, almshouse, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or …
Slang English vocab
TRUTH — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: VERACITY 1, truthfulness, veraciousness, veridicality, verity Related Words: precision, rightness, trueness; authenticity, genuineness, veritableness; candor …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TRUTH — noun 1 what is true ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute , gospel ( informal ), honest ( informal ), real ▪ She …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TRUTH — See ↑ TRUE 7 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be economical with the truth • ↑ be the gospel truth/be gospel • …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — INDEX: 1. where someone lives 2. to be in your home 3. happening or doing something in someone’s home 4. …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOME — See ↑ COME FROM 2, ↑ HOME 1,4,5, ↑ HOUSE 3, ↑ TOWN 4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ at home • …
Longman Activator English vocab
TRUTH — n. 25B6; noun he doubted the truth of her statement : VERACITY, truthfulness, verity, sincerity, candour, honesty; accuracy, correctness, validity, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOME — n. 25B6; noun they fled their homes : RESIDENCE, place of residence, house, flat, apartment, bungalow, cottage; accommodation, property, quarters, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TRUTH — n. 1 genuineness, reality, actuality, correctness, accuracy, fact The truth of the matter is that he's in love with you …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOME — n. 1 dwelling-place, residence, domicile, abode, dwelling, house, (living) quarters, habitation, lodging(s), Brit accommodation or US accommodations, Colloq place, Chiefly …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOME — See: AT HOME, BRING HOME, BRING HOME THE BACON, CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CLOSE TO HOME, CONVALESCENT HOME or …
Словарь английских идиом
TRUTH — noun BAD : We all thought he was saying the truth. GOOD : We all thought he was telling the …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
HOME — noun 1 BAD : As soon as I arrived at home, I knew that something was wrong. GOOD : As …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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