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Pronunciation:
[ blˈʌntnəs], [ blˈʌntnəs], [ b_l_ˈʌ_n_t_n_ə_s]
Related words: blunt, rude, discourteous, unkind, harsh, insensitive, brusque, curt, crude
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Similar words for bluntness:
- artlessness (noun)
- attribute (noun)
- bluntness (noun)
- conciseness (noun)
- dullness (noun)
- honesty (noun)
- insensitivity (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- rudeness (noun)
- severity (noun)
- succinctness (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Bluntness:
n.
• artlessness (noun)- broadness,
- un-artificiality,
- openness,
- naivete,
- artlessness,
- sincerity,
- naturalness,
- frankness,
- plainness,
- unartfulness,
- candor,
- genuineness,
- unsophistication,
- unaffectedness,
- candidness,
- plain-spokenness,
- trust,
- directness,
- callowness.
- brusqueness,
- curtness,
- brevity,
- incisiveness,
- compactness,
- shortness,
- conciseness,
- abruptness,
- briefness,
- terseness,
- succinctness.
- sluggishness,
- denseness,
- ponderousness,
- stupefaction,
- lethargy,
- obtuseness,
- doltishness,
- Sopor,
- slowness,
- sleepiness,
- dimness,
- thick-wittedness,
- stupidness,
- benumbedness,
- drowsiness,
- cloddishness.
- goodness,
- responsibility,
- faithfulness,
- soundness,
- honor,
- rectitude,
- morality,
- fairness,
- uprightness,
- loyalty,
- probity,
- virtue,
- integrity,
- principle,
- self-respect,
- confidence,
- right,
- fidelity,
- conscientiousness,
- scrupulousness.
- emotionlessness,
- indifference,
- dispassion,
- cold-bloodedness,
- ruthlessness,
- hardheartedness,
- passionlessness,
- insensitivity,
- detachment,
- hardness,
- toughness,
- numbness,
- Stoniness,
- heartlessness,
- passivity,
- aloofness,
- apathy,
- insensitiveness,
- nonchalance,
- callousness,
- Objectiveness.
- intrusiveness,
- shamelessness,
- Impeccability,
- rudeness,
- straightness,
- unkindness,
- Crudities,
- honorableness,
- veracity,
- evenhandedness,
- outspokenness,
- crudity,
- reputability,
- tactlessness,
- officiousness,
- trustworthiness,
- straightforwardness,
- honesty,
- trustiness,
- boorishness,
- equity,
- Unmannerliness,
- upstandingness,
- crudeness,
- plainnes,
- incorruptibility,
- justness.
- cheek,
- barbarity,
- boldness,
- discourtesy,
- irritability,
- incivility,
- sharpness,
- asperity,
- coarseness,
- disrespect,
- acrimony,
- impertinence,
- misbehavior,
- grossness,
- brass,
- insolence,
- disdain,
- nerve,
- harshness,
- vulgarity,
- effrontery,
- impudence,
- ungraciousness,
- bad manners,
- audacity.
- starkness,
- stringency,
- frostiness,
- keenness,
- austerity,
- sternness,
- intensity,
- astringency,
- chilliness,
- discipline,
- gruffness,
- meticulousness,
- severity,
- matter-of-factness,
- causticity,
- briskness,
- leanness,
- oppressiveness,
- acuteness,
- rigorousness,
- acerbity,
- correctness,
- crispness,
- authoritarianism,
- strictness,
- dryness,
- coolness,
- grimness,
- preciseness,
- bleakness.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:- material body,
- subduedness,
- atrociousness,
- faintness,
- lassitude,
- condition,
- meretriciousness,
- intensity level,
- pellucidity,
- unthoughtfulness,
- awkwardness,
- intrust,
- audaciousness,
- alacrity,
- gaucheness,
- sureness,
- imprint,
- folly,
- offence,
- cheekiness,
- semiconsciousness,
- strain,
- good faith,
- withdrawnness,
- establishment,
- var.,
- heaviness,
- strength,
- strikingness,
- sexual morality,
- stolidity,
- abide by,
- contemn,
- hoarseness,
- spring,
- passiveness,
- mercilessness,
- presumptuousness,
- exemption,
- despise,
- brazenness,
- face,
- seriousness,
- unconcern,
- soma,
- good,
- asceticism,
- avidity,
- loudness,
- distance,
- beauteousness,
- mould,
- burdensomeness,
- honour,
- insulation,
- justice,
- faith,
- lucidity,
- stamina,
- commitment,
- tweediness,
- disengagement,
- abrasiveness,
- pitting,
- bailiwick,
- gaudiness,
- temerity,
- mettle,
- bite,
- silver dollar,
- make,
- absoluteness,
- correct,
- raggedness,
- indentation,
- embonpoint,
- freeze off,
- deliberation,
- standoffishness,
- ruggedness,
- unfeelingness,
- naiveness,
- caesarism,
- satinpod,
- bod,
- precipitancy,
- corporate trust,
- mannequin,
- crust,
- one-man rule,
- offensive activity,
- archness,
- spareness,
- field,
- blondness,
- phase,
- hardihood,
- subject area,
- homeliness,
- fussiness,
- presumption,
- chasteness,
- despite,
- savagery,
- misbehaviour,
- scratchiness,
- mightily,
- wantonness,
- staying power,
- flesh,
- assumption,
- trenchancy,
- erectness,
- obligation,
- petulance,
- take shape,
- clumsiness,
- sort out,
- self-confidence,
- chassis,
- veracious,
- plaque,
- thorniness,
- oppression,
- nubbiness,
- authenticity,
- imperturbability,
- administration,
- foolishness,
- paleness,
- regulate,
- meagreness,
- rationale,
- self-regard,
- class,
- correction,
- heinousness,
- transience,
- receptiveness,
- choppiness,
- nicety,
- figure,
- receptivity,
- stiffness,
- patronage,
- excitability,
- rightfulness,
- impassiveness,
- coldness,
- frigidity,
- truculency,
- variant,
- wholly,
- simmpleness,
- organise,
- grade,
- tawdriness,
- atrocity,
- firmness,
- right on,
- precipitateness,
- punctiliousness,
- subject field,
- crispiness,
- decent,
- train,
- intensiveness,
- garishness,
- hardship,
- saturation,
- constellation,
- choler,
- human body,
- respect,
- downrightness,
- subject,
- coldheartedness,
- reliance,
- astringence,
- insularism,
- manikin,
- dumbness,
- inclemency,
- completely,
- steepness,
- jaundice,
- misdeed,
- work,
- contour line,
- mindlessness,
- organize,
- remoteness,
- responsibleness,
- suddenness,
- redress,
- totalitarianism,
- justly,
- forge,
- nakedness,
- waterlessness,
- eagerness,
- betise,
- whiteness,
- pertness,
- commonness,
- sauciness,
- nervelessness,
- pureness,
- organisation,
- all,
- proper,
- concentration,
- stalinism,
- precipitance,
- smartness,
- insensibility,
- laurels,
- temper,
- precision,
- verticalness,
- commit,
- observe,
- heft,
- nip,
- crossness,
- massiveness,
- money plant,
- trueness,
- deliberateness,
- powerful,
- pettishness,
- duty,
- vacuity,
- bitterness,
- uncouthness,
- one,
- physical body,
- precipitousness,
- fretfulness,
- meagerness,
- ineptness,
- assurance,
- somnolence,
- allegiance,
- desire,
- slackness,
- senselessness,
- ease,
- frame,
- right wing,
- gall,
- memorial tablet,
- respectability,
- correctly,
- manakin,
- rigour,
- primitiveness,
- withdrawal,
- turn down,
- embodiment,
- brass section,
- brittleness,
- fair-mindedness,
- phlegm,
- exiguity,
- onerousness,
- compensate,
- confide,
- perkiness,
- precept,
- mannikin,
- take form,
- snappishness,
- properly,
- loveliness,
- despotism,
- cast,
- scantness,
- pitilessness,
- ponderosity,
- truncation,
- wiseness,
- entrust,
- pattern,
- unity,
- glitz,
- acuity,
- vividness,
- honourableness,
- mighty,
- singleness,
- moral excellence,
- ripe,
- juvenility,
- accolade,
- disesteem,
- breakup,
- organization,
- desolation,
- easiness,
- imbecility,
- merit,
- field of study,
- award,
- retardation,
- disorderliness,
- believe,
- sobriety,
- gruesomeness,
- tartness,
- condescension,
- badness,
- signifier,
- uncloudedness,
- rectify,
- huskiness,
- rigor,
- rotundity,
- monocracy,
- hope,
- word form,
- rightfield,
- density,
- trustingness,
- determine,
- stypsis,
- simple mindedness,
- severeness,
- impassivity,
- nonindulgence,
- ethical motive,
- clearcutness,
- scantiness,
- granularity,
- purity,
- verticality,
- trustfulness,
- physique,
- flop,
- cartel,
- heterosexualism,
- hardiness,
- saltiness,
- flashiness,
- spurn,
- rightness,
- poorness,
- naivety,
- totally,
- satin flower,
- graininess,
- thinness,
- peevishness,
- pungency,
- barbarousness,
- entirely,
- barbarism,
- self-assurance,
- self-worth,
- abidance,
- rowdiness,
- wholeness,
- constitute,
- legitimacy,
- cruelness,
- sort,
- sinlessness,
- avidness,
- compliance,
- unhurriedness,
- shogunate,
- edge,
- formidability,
- dispassionateness,
- slow-wittedness,
- right-hand,
- mold,
- nervus,
- authority,
- bareness,
- jejuneness,
- decently,
- concision,
- biliousness,
- meddlesomeness,
- perspicuousness,
- brass instrument,
- heftiness,
- study,
- scorn,
- governing body,
- callosity,
- ghastliness,
- hoariness,
- steel,
- tightness,
- brutality,
- mundaneness,
- morals,
- subnormality,
- governance,
- mental retardation,
- vulgarism,
- limpidity,
- dictatorship,
- imperturbableness,
- unassumingness,
- spunk,
- luridness,
- honestness,
- volume,
- restraint,
- influence,
- ethics,
- chastity,
- right field,
- inanity,
- province,
- chroma,
- variety,
- heterosexuality,
- stupor,
- reward,
- painstakingness,
- inanition,
- wideness,
- reject,
- course,
- combine,
- altogether,
- phalacrosis,
- aright,
- meticulosity,
- maladroitness,
- daring,
- contempt,
- rowdyism,
- buttock,
- check,
- virtuousness,
- insularity,
- pooh-pooh,
- pithiness,
- rough water,
- whole,
- build,
- spiritlessness,
- kind,
- flatness,
- anatomy,
- cruelty,
- primitivism,
- descriptor,
- xerotes,
- earnestness,
- ill-breeding,
- simpleness,
- dedication,
- backwardness,
- comeliness,
- heart,
- austereness,
- rule,
- conformity,
- abandon,
- perspicuity,
- offense,
- languor,
- ineptitude,
- right hand,
- grogginess,
- wisdom,
- rigourousness,
- dignity,
- separation,
- serious-mindedness,
- freshness,
- iciness,
- absolutism,
- unemotionality,
- raciness,
- distinctness,
- duskiness,
- tyranny.
- unguardedness,
- forthrightness,
- openheartedness,
- roundness,
- unreservedness,
- form,
- inconsiderateness,
- Unreserve,
- guilelessness,
- plainspokenness,
- innocence,
- ingenuousness,
- brashness,
- truthfulness,
- configuration,
- roughness,
- truculence,
- surliness,
- unconstraint,
- unrestraint,
- candour,
- plumpness,
- stupidity,
- thoughtlessness,
- shape,
- freedom,
- brusquerie,
- bluffness,
- contour.
How to use "Bluntness" in context?
Bluntness is the lack of sharpness orpointedness in a movement,word, or image. This quality can bepositive or negative, depending on the context.
Ina positive light, bluntness can refer to the simplicityof a design or the candid nature of speech. Ina negative light, it can be seen as bluntness of communication or an inabilityto delicately navigate around delicate topics.
Regardless ofits intended use, bluntness is an integral aspect of manycreatives' work. It can be used to add weight to an idea,provoking a reaction, or just providing a straightforward solution to a problem.
Paraphrases for Bluntness:
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Noun, singular or mass
honesty.
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Hyponym for Bluntness:
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inconsideration, configuration, contour, thoughtlessness, form, shape, conformation, inconsiderateness.
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