bluntness
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bluntness
- /ˈblʌnt.nəs/ US
- /ˈblʌnt.nɪs/ US
- [ˈblʌnʔ.nɪs] US
Rhymes with -ʌntnəs
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From Middle English bluntnes, bluntnesse, equivalent to blunt + -ness.
noun bluntnesses
- The characteristic of being blunt. 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.
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noun the characteristic of being blunt
| Русский | затупление zatuplenije, туповатость tupovatostʹ |
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Talk about this word "bluntness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bluntness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bluntness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bluntness "bluntness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bluntness.Cite this
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title = {bluntness},
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