Crossword clues for bluntness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bluntness \Blunt"ness\, n.
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Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; lack of sharpness.
The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles.
--Holland. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. ``Bluntness of speech.''
--Boyle.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "stupidity," from blunt (adj.) + -ness. Meaning "rudeness" is from c.1600.
Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being blunt.
WordNet
Usage examples of "bluntness".
She was a woman of a certain reputation and famous for her bluntness, thick skin, memorable malapropisms and amazingly inventive non sequiturs.
While they were speaking, the Archduke of Austria, who stood a little apart, was struck with the mention of iced sherbet, and took with pleasure and some bluntness the deep goblet, as the Earl of Huntingdon was about to replace it.
In the face of Frankish fear and hatred of the Plantagenets, the coup could not be managed with sheer Angevin bluntness nor Capetian naivett.
Startled by the bluntness of the question, Alex answered with equal bluntness.
How is this for bluntness: you must be an idiot to have begun firing upon Boba Fett in open space.
Such musings were unlike Model, who was usually direct to the point of bluntness and altogether materialistic—assets in the makeup of a general officer.