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Meaning of Bluntness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈblʌnt.nəs

Definitions

The characteristic of being blunt.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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