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bluntness

NOUN

honesty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

candor confidence fairness faithfulness frankness honor integrity loyalty morality probity rectitude responsibility self-respect sincerity trustworthiness veracity virtue

STRONG

conscientiousness equity fidelity genuineness goodness impeccability incorruptibility justness openness outspokenness plainness principle reputability right scrupulousness soundness straightforwardness straightness trustiness uprightness

WEAK

evenhandedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor disloyalty distrust evil falsehood immorality unfairness

STRONG

unjustness

WEAK

artifice cheating deceit deception duplicity fraud fraudulence lying treachery

NOUN

honorableness

Synonyms

STRONG

candor confidence conscientiousness equity fairness faithfulness fidelity frankness genuineness goodness honor impeccability incorruptibility integrity justness loyalty morality openness outspokenness

WEAK

evenhandedness plainnes

Antonyms

STRONG

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor disloyalty evil inconstancy inequity lying partiality treachery unfairness

NOUN

incorruptibility

Synonyms

STRONG

candor confidence conscientiousness equity 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 veracity virtue

WEAK

evenhandedness upstandingness

Antonyms

STRONG

corruption disgrace dishonesty dishonor disloyalty distrust evil falsehood immorality inconstancy inequity injustice lying partiality treachery unfairness unjustness wrong

NOUN

rudeness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

disrespect

STRONG

acrimony asperity audacity barbarity boldness boorishness brass cheek coarseness crudeness crudity discourtesy disdain effrontery grossness harshness impertinence impudence incivility insolence intrusiveness irritability misbehavior nerve officiousness shamelessness sharpness tactlessness ungraciousness unkindness vulgarity

WEAK

bad manners unmannerliness

Antonyms

STRONG

carefulness caution courtesy fear humility kindness manners meekness modesty politeness respect shyness timidity

WEAK

good manners

NOUN

upstandingness

Synonyms

WEAK

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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“Far from it,” he said with uncharacteristic bluntness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

“Squid Game,” for all its bluntness, tries to hold up a mirror to the real world, where a cursory look around lets us know how little society values the lives of women and children.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

A lot of people “don’t really understand what he did,” Spencer said with characteristic bluntness in another interview on the eve of a 2011 presidential debate at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2025

But Rashid’s bluntness and candour have also landed him in trouble.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

But I had no opportunity to be depressed by Delbruck’s characteristic bluntness, for the poliomyelitis congress was an unparalleled success.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

bluntness

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