Bluntness
['blʌntnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being direct and outspoken; 'the bluntness of a Yorkshireman'.
Edited by Lilian--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.
(n.) Abruptness of address; rude plainness.
Editor: Susanna
Examples
- Thy language, answered Rowena, hath in its indifferent bluntness something which cannot be reconciled with the horrors it seems to express. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Not from you, it doesn't sound natural, and I like your old bluntness better. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Come, friends, she added, changing at once from bluntness to courtesy, oblige me by taking your cans and going home. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Rosa