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bluffest

bluffest is the superlative form of bluff.

Meaning of bluff

Adjective

bluff (comparative bluffer, superlative bluffest)

  1. Having a broad, flattened front.
    • the bluff bows of a ship
  2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front.
    • a bluff or bold shore1769, William Falconer, "Côte en écore" (entry in An Universal Dictionary of the Marine)
  3. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough.
    • […] he had a bluff, rough-and-ready face, all roughened and reddened and lined in his long travels.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC
  4. Roughly frank and hearty in one's manners.
    • a bluff answer

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Questions about bluffest

What is bluffest the superlative form of?
Bluffest is the superlative form of bluff.

Words near bluffest in the dictionary

  1. bluffable
  2. bluffed
  3. bluffed out
  4. bluffer
  5. bluffers
  6. bluffest
  7. bluffing
  8. bluffing out
  9. bluffingly
  10. bluffings
  11. blufflike

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