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[syn: dullness, bluntness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bluntness \Blunt"ness\, n.
1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; lack of
sharpness.
[1913 Webster]
The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles.
--Holland.
[1913 Webster]
2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of
speech." --Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bluntness
n 1: the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness
of a Yorkshireman"
2: without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the
dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible" [syn:
dullness, bluntness] [ant: asperity, keenness,
sharpness]