His bluntness took everyone by surprise.
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Bluntness
//ˈblʌnt.nəs//
Synonyms for "bluntness" (28 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (14)
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15 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- tylppyys noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
Latvian
1 entries- trulums noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
Macedonian
2 entries- зата́пеност noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
- та́пост noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
Manx
4 entries- bryntid noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
- bryntys noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
- moalaght noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
- moalid noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
Marathi
1 entries- बोथटपणा noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
Polish
1 entries- bezceremonialność noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
Russian
2 entries- затупление noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
- туповатость noun (the characteristic of being blunt)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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