Synonyms for bluntness
blunt·ness

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1. bluntness

   Synonyms:
   dulness, obtuseness, stupidity

   Antonyms:
   acumen, acuteness, cleverness, discernment, insight, keenness, penetration, perspicacity, sagacity, sharpness, shrewdness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bluntnessnoun

   the quality of being direct and outspoken

   "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman"

   Synonyms:
   dullness

2. dullness, bluntnessnoun

   without sharpness or clearness of edge or point

   "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"

   Synonyms:
   dullness, obtuseness

Matched Categories

1. • Inconsideration
   • Shape

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1. List of paraphrases for "bluntness":

   frankness, directness

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How to use bluntness in a sentence?

1. Allison Ling:

   Bluntness is a virtue.

2. Dean Acheson:

   The task of a public officer seeking to explain and gain support for a major policy is not that of the writer of a doctoral thesis, qualification must give way to simplicity of statement, nicety and nuance to bluntness, almost brutality, in carrying home a point.