bluntness
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the quality of being direct and outspoken
the bluntness of a Yorkshireman
Types & categories
- thoughtlessness hypernym
Related & opposite
- frank derivation
Sense 2 noun
without sharpness or clearness of edge or point
the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible
Types & categories
- shape hypernym
- obtuseness hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | frank |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | thoughtlessness |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | asperity |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | keenness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dull |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blunt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blunt |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shape |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | obtuseness |