"bluntness" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈblʌnt.nəs/ [US], /ˈblʌnt.nɪs/ [US], [ˈblʌnʔ.nɪs] [US] Audio: En-us-bluntness.ogg Forms: bluntnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English bluntnes, bluntnesse, equivalent to blunt + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bluntnes}} Middle English bluntnes, {{af|en|blunt|-ness}} blunt + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bluntness (countable and uncountable, plural bluntnesses)
  1. The characteristic of being blunt. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the characteristic of being blunt): tylppyys (Finnish), trulums [masculine] (Latvian), та́пост (tápost) [feminine] (Macedonian), зата́пеност (zatápenost) [feminine] (Macedonian), neuvirrid (note: of a point) [masculine] (Manx), moandid (note: of tools) [masculine, usually] (Manx), moandys [masculine] (Manx), bryntid (note: of person, speech) [masculine, usually] (Manx), bryntys [masculine] (Manx), moalaght [feminine] (Manx), moalid [masculine] (Manx), बोथटपणा (bothṭapṇā) [masculine] (Marathi), bezceremonialność (note: of a person or action) [feminine] (Polish), затупление (zatuplenije) [neuter] (Russian), туповатость (tupovatostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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