Bluntness

//ˈblʌnt.nəs// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The characteristic of being blunt. countable, uncountable

    "All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place."

  2. 2
    without sharpness or clearness of edge or point wordnet
  3. 3
    the quality of being direct and outspoken wordnet

Synonyms

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artlessnesscandorcurtnessdirectnessdullnessdullness

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"His bluntness took everyone by surprise."

Etymology

From Middle English bluntnes, bluntnesse, equivalent to blunt + -ness.

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