bluntness
/ˈblʌnt.nəs/
bluntness noun: the characteristic of being blunt.
Noun
bluntness (countable and uncountable, plural bluntnesses)
- The characteristic of being blunt.
- All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
- James Bond suddenly knew that he was tired. He always knew when his body or his mind had had enough and he always acted on the knowledge. This helped him to avoid staleness and the sensual bluntness that breeds mistakes.1953, Ian Fleming, “The Secret Agent”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 7
bluntness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
bluntness in Hindi
- bluntness
- कुंठा kuṇṭhā
bluntness in Tamil
- கூர்மை இல்லாமை, கூரின்மை, மழுங்கல், மழுக்கம், நழுக்கம், மொண்ணை
bluntness in Marathi
- the characteristic of being blunt
- बोथटपणा bothṭapṇā
bluntness in Malayalam
- മൂർച്ചയില്ലായ്മ, പാരുഷ്യം
More languagesFewer languages
- bluntness in Kannada
- ಮೊಂಡ moṇḍa
Forms of bluntness
| plural | bluntnesses |
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Origin of bluntness
From Middle English bluntnes, bluntnesse, equivalent to blunt + -ness.
Questions about bluntness
- What does bluntness mean?
- Bluntness means the characteristic of being blunt.
- What is bluntness in Hindi?
- Bluntness in Hindi is कुंठा (kuṇṭhā). See Bluntness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bluntness?
- Bluntness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bluntness?
- Bluntness is pronounced /ˈblʌnt.nəs/ (US).
- What is the plural of bluntness?
- The plural of bluntness is bluntnesses.
Words near bluntness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bluntness (page history and authors); कुंठा (Hindi) (page history and authors); bluntness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); bluntness (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಮೊಂಡ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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