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Definition: Bluntness |
BluntnessNoun1. The quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman". 2. Without sharpness of edge or point. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bluntness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | A parameter of a conic related to the eccentricity, e, of the conic in the following way: For hyperbolas and prolate ellipses, B = 1- e2 For oblate ellipses,B = 1/(1-e2)Symbol B. (references) |
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Synonyms: BluntnessSynonyms: dullness (n), dulness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: asperity (n), sharpness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bluntness | Noun: bluntness; Adjective: |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bluntness |
| English words defined with "bluntness": Plain speaking. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bluntness": Browns. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "bluntness": Dullness. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Oh, forgive my bluntness. It's a device I use to cope (Ally McBeal; writing credit: Henri Vernes) | |
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| "Bluntness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bluntness" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 40 | 54,274 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "bluntness". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Kohath | N/A | Biblical | Bluntness |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Language | Translations for "bluntness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | فظاظة (acerbity, bad manners, boorishness, brusqueness, coarseness, discourtesy, grossness, gruffness, harshness, impoliteness, roughness, rudeness, uncivility, uncouthness), البلادة (hebetude), إستقامة (consistency, honesty, integrity, justice, probity, propriety, rectitude, righteousness, sanity, squareness, straightforwardness, straightness, virtue). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | тъпота (crassitude, density, dullness, obtuseness, opacity, purblindness, stolidity, stupidity, torpidity, torpor), прямота (candidness, candor, candour, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, sincerity, straightforwardness, straightness). (various references) | |
Chinese | '头度. (various references) | |
Czech | příkrost (abruptness, brusqueness, steepness), otevřenost (directness, openness, unreserve). (various references) | |
Finnish | tylsyys (apathy, dullness, stupor). (various references) | |
French | manque de tranchant, absence de point, état émoussé. (various references) | |
German | stumpfheit (dullness, languor, obtuseness, stolidness, stupor). (various references) | |
Greek | αμβλύτησ (obtuseness), απότομο (abruptness, brusqueness, cragginess). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ק"ות (dullness, numbness, sourness, stupor, torpor). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tompaság (dullness, obtuseness), butaság (blundering, doltishness, fatuity, folly, piffle, silliness, tosh), tompultság (torpidity, torpidness, torpor), nyerseség (asperity, coarseness, crudity, gruffness, rawness, surliness, unkindness), gorombaság (brusqueness, coarseness, grossness, rudeness, surliness), fesztelenség (ease, easiness, informality, swagger, unreserve), durvaság (barbarism, boorishness, brusqueness, brutality, coarseness, crassness, earthiness, foulness, roughness, scurrility, violence), életlenség, őszinteség (candor, candour, frankness, genuineness, sincereness, sincerity, straightforwardness). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ketumpulan (dullness). (various references) | |
Italian | ottusit (dullness, obtuseness), franchezza (candidness, candor, candour, frankness, openness, outrightness, outspokenness, straightforwardness). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 無愛想 (unsociability). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぶあいそう (brusqueness, sullenness, unsociability), ぶあいそ (unsociability). (various references) | |
Manx | neuvirrid, moandys (dullness, hesitancy, impediment of speech), moandid (dullness, hesitancy, impediment of speech, inarticulate, inarticulateness, slur), moalid, moalaght (disability), bryntys, bryntid (sauciness). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | untnessblay.(various references) | |
Romanian | tocire, sinceritate (candidness, candor, candour, directness, fairness, faith, frankness, genuineness, guilelessness, honesty, openness, rectitude, roundness, sincerity, truth, unreserve). (various references) | |
Russian | прямота (candor, candour, directness, integrity, openness, plain dealing, rectitude, straight, straightforwardness, uprightness). (various references) | |
Scottish | maolad (baldness, bareness. See <A HREF="mf08.html#maoilead">maoilead</A>). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tupost (dullness, stolidity, stupor, thickness, torpidity), nabusitost (haughtiness). (various references) | |
Spanish | brusquedad (brusqueness, curtness, sharpness, snappishness, suddenness), franqueza (candidness, candor, candour, directness, fair dealing, frankness, honesty, openness, outspokenness, plain dealing, plainness, single-mindedness, straightforwardness), embotamiento (torpidity, torpor), despuntadura. (various references) | |
Swedish | slöhet (aparthy, apathy, dullness, indolence, inertia, languor, lassitude, laziness, lethargy, sloth, spend, torpidity, torpor). (various references) | |
Turkish | patavatsızlık (gaucherie, indiscretion, tactlessness), kesmezlik, körelmişlik, açık sözlülük (candor, candour, expansiveness, frankness, freedom, ingenuousness, openness, outspokennes, roundness, straightness). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tính thẳng thừng, sự cùn tính không giữ ý tứ. (various references) | |
Welsh | pylni (dullness). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bluntness": bluntnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Bluntness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blunkness, bluntnes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bluntness" (pronounced blu"ntnus) |
| 5 | -n t n u s | faintness, gauntness, unpleasantness. |
| 4 | -t n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, alertness, appropriateness, astuteness, brightness, compactness, completeness, correctness, cuteness, directness, earnestness, eyewitness, fastness, fitness, flatness, forthrightness, greatness, ineptness, inertness, lateness, lightfastness, lightness, neatness, politeness, quietness, remoteness, rightness, robustness, separateness, shortness, softness, steadfastness, stoutness, sweetness, swiftness, tartness, tightness, vastness, wetness, whiteness, witness. |
| 3 | -n u s | aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, arbitrariness, assertiveness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, competitiveness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, fairness, farsightedness, fickleness, firmness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, riskiness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, tardiness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-l-n-n-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: sunbelts. | |
-2 letters: bustles, sublets, subnets, sunbelt, tunnels, unbelts, unblest. | |
-3 letters: bluest, bluets, blunts, bustle, butles, lunets, sublet, subnet, subset, subtle, sunset, tunnel, tussle, unbelt, unbent, unless, unsent, unsets. | |
-4 letters: belts, bents, bests, blent, bless, blest, blets, blues, bluet, blunt, bunns, bunts, buses, busts, butes, butle, lubes, lunes, lunet, lunts, lusts, lutes, nests, slubs, slues. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-l-n-n-s-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: bluntnesses, tunableness. | |
+3 letters: unstableness. | |
+4 letters: bountifulness, tunablenesses, unsustainable. | |
+5 letters: sublieutenants, unstablenesses. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Derived from 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
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