straight-from-the-shoulder

Questions about straight-from-the-shoulder

What does straight-from-the-shoulder mean?

straight-from-the-shoulder means "characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion".

How many syllables are in straight-from-the-shoulder?

straight-from-the-shoulder has 5 syllables and divides as straight--from--the--shoul-der under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for straight-from-the-shoulder?

Close synonyms include blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is straight-from-the-shoulder a common word?

straight-from-the-shoulder is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.