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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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Overseeing the trial is Gonzalez Rogers, who has built a reputation for bluntness and efficiency in her courtroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

“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

“They’re not good,” Johnson, 35, says, chuckling lightly at her own bluntness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

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

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

Nel smiled, slighdy, at the bluntness she had forgotten.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison