bluntness

2 definitions found

bluntness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bluntness \Blunt"ness\, n.
     1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; lack of
        sharpness.
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              The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles.
                                                    --Holland.
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     2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of
        speech." --Boyle.
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bluntness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bluntness
      n 1: the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness
           of a Yorkshireman"
      2: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the
         dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" [syn:
         dullness, bluntness] [ant: asperity, keenness,
         sharpness]