as in honesty
the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions
the refreshing bluntness of the former president in assessing those who followed him in the Oval Office
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Recent Examples of bluntness
With his usual bluntness, Jokic said the Nuggets weren’t a good enough team to win last season based on the results.
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 June 2026
And thanks to his bluntness, something clicked.
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
Slot, as head coach, was more of a middle manager; someone who acted with the objectivity of a civil servant and the occasional bluntness of a corrections officer.
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Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
Rise and fall But Healy, with her characteristic bluntness, didn’t sugar-coat what happened to that law.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
If a culture prizes bluntness, ask where honesty has been missing.
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Sarah Davanzo,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
But the bluntness of the lyrics arrives just as quickly, undercutting the atmosphere by naming too plainly what the music had already begun to evoke with greater force.
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Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
Queen Elizabeth loved Kelly’s pragmatic bluntness and viewed her as an incredibly loyal friend.
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Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
Inspired by the super cropped bobs of the roaring 1920s, the French bob is similar to a one-length short bob, but sans any harsh bluntness.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2026
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 June 2026
And thanks to his bluntness, something clicked.
—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
Slot, as head coach, was more of a middle manager; someone who acted with the objectivity of a civil servant and the occasional bluntness of a corrections officer.
—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
Rise and fall But Healy, with her characteristic bluntness, didn’t sugar-coat what happened to that law.
—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2026
If a culture prizes bluntness, ask where honesty has been missing.
—
Sarah Davanzo,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
But the bluntness of the lyrics arrives just as quickly, undercutting the atmosphere by naming too plainly what the music had already begun to evoke with greater force.
—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
30 Apr. 2026
Queen Elizabeth loved Kelly’s pragmatic bluntness and viewed her as an incredibly loyal friend.
—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
Inspired by the super cropped bobs of the roaring 1920s, the French bob is similar to a one-length short bob, but sans any harsh bluntness.
—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluntness
Noun
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Blunt honesty had clicked with a relentless desire for improvement, launching a professional partnership and personal friendship that greatly enriched the careers of both men and, in time, would meaningfully alter the course of Chelsea history.
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What drew him to the exchange wasn’t controversy, but honesty.
Noun
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When an audience member posed a hypothetical choice between a flawed but distinctive film and a polished but unremarkable one, Leung said either would do, arguing that cinema’s goal was sincerity, in performance or in a director’s expression, rather than polish.
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Just when there are emotional moments of sincerity about healthcare denials causing bankruptcy and even death, the tone shifts with a joke about fan girls sending Mangione their underwear.
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Seydoux asks me in a moment of frankness.
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Her love for the city is palpable, imbued with her frankness, her fun, her queerness, and her history.
Noun
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But where her labelmates routinely drape their songs in warm, dense fuzz, Babuka Black opts for clarity and directness.
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His filmmaking has a lovely, homespun directness.
Noun
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Your forthrightness will set the tone for future dates.
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There’s something both startling and seductive about such forthrightness.
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Did Hamilton’s candor help salvage a political career in tatters?
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Strong integrity, without humility or collaboration, becomes rigidity—as seen in Steve Jobs, whose candor fueled innovation but hardened relationships.
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But the Windows handheld software experience on the Claw is just awful compared to the straightforwardness of SteamOS on the Steam Deck.
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On Monday morning, Starmer, whose resignation has appeared inevitable for some time, delivered the news with his customary straightforwardness.
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Her political outspokenness and fearlessness in challenging the danger women face in flaunting their sexuality, particularly in her native Argentina, is one of her strengths, as is her ability to imagine a new world where that violence doesn’t exist.
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His outspokenness has spurred discourse among country music's Republican-leaning audience.
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“Bluntness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluntness. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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