Bluntness \Blunt"ness\, n. 1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. --Holland. 2. Abruptness of address; rude plainness. ``Bluntness of speech.'' --Boyle.
bluntness n 1: the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman" 2: without sharpness of edge or point [syn: {dullness}, {dulness}] [ant: {asperity}, {sharpness}]