Nearby Words
Bluntness
[bluhnt] 
| Concept: | Bluntness. |
| Category: | 3. Superficial form |
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-nouns
bluntness
-verbs
be blunt, render blunt; obtund, dull; take off the point, take off the edge; turn.
-adjectives
blunt, obtuse, dull, bluff; edentate, toothless.
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| Antonyms: | sharpness |
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| Main Entry: | rudeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impoliteness |
| Synonyms: | acrimony, asperity, audacity, bad manners, barbarity, bluntness, boldness, boorishness, brass, cheek, coarseness, crudeness, crudity, discourtesy, disdain, disrespect, effrontery, grossness, harshness, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insolence, intrusiveness, irritability, misbehavior, nerve*, officiousness, shamelessness, sharpness, tactlessness, ungraciousness, unkindness, unmannerliness, vulgarity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | honorableness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honesty |
| Synonyms: | bluntness, candor, confidence, conscientiousness, equity, evenhandedness, fairness, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, genuineness, goodness, honor, impeccability, incorruptibility, integrity, justness, loyalty, morality, openness, outspokenness, plainnes |
| Main Entry: | incorruptibility |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honesty |
| Synonyms: | bluntness, candor, confidence, conscientiousness, equity, evenhandedness, fairness, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, genuineness, goodness, honor, honorableness, impeccability, integrity, justness, loyalty, morality, openness, outspokenness, plainness, principle, probity, rectitude, reputability, responsibility, right, scrupulousness, self-respect, sincerity, soundness, straightforwardness, straightness, trustiness, trustworthiness, uprightness, upstandingness, veracity, virtue |
| Main Entry: | upstandingness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | honesty |
| Synonyms: | bluntness, candor, confidence, conscientiousness, equity, evenhandedness, fairness, faithfulness, fidelity, frankness, genuineness, goodness, honor, honorableness, impeccability, incorruptibility, integrity, justness, loyalty, morality, openness, outspokenness, plainness, principle, probity, rectitude, reputability, responsibility, right, scrupulousness, self-respect, sincerity, soundness, straightforwardness, straightness, trustiness, trustworthiness, uprightness, veracity, virtue |
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| Main Entry: | honesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
above all praise, admirable, angelic, as good as one's word, beyond all praise, candid, chivalrous, coeliginous, commendable, conscientious, constant, constant as the Northern Star, correct, creditable, desertful, deserving, duteous, dutiful, equitable, even-handed, excellent, exemplary, fair, fair and above board, faithful, frank, gentlemanlike, godlike, good, heaven-born, high-minded, high-principled, high-spirited, honest, honest as daylight, honorable, impartial, impravable, incorruptible, innocent, inviolable, inviolate, jealous of honor, just, laudable, loyal, matchless, meritorious, moral, nice, noble, open and above board, open-hearted, overscrupulous, peerless, praiseworthy, punctilious, punctual, pure, religious, reputable, respectable, right, right-minded, righteous, saintlike, saintly, scrupulous, seraphic, square, stainless, staunch, sterling, straightforward, strict, supramundane, tender-conscienced, to be depended upon, true, true as the needle to the north, true to one's colors, true to the core, true-blue, true-hearted, trustworthy, trusty, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, unbroken, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undebauched, undefiled, undepraved, unperjured, unstained, unsullied, untainted, untarnished, unviolated, unworldly, upright, veracious, virtuous, well-intentioned, worthy
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