bluffly
— Adverb
– English
~ in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly"
bluffness
— Noun
– English
~ good-natured frankness
bluing
— Noun
– English
~ used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
bluing
— Noun
– English
~ a process that makes something blue (or bluish)
bluish black
— Adjective
– English
~ of black tinged with blue
bluish
— Adjective
– English
~ of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky; "October's bright blue weather"- Helen Hunt Jackson; "a blue flame"; "blue haze of tobacco smoke"
blunder
— Noun
– English
~ an embarrassing mistake
blunderbuss
— Noun
– English
~ a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
blunderer
— Noun
– English
~ someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
blunt
— Adjective
– English
~ used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"
blunt
— Adjective
– English
~ characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
blunt
— Adjective
– English
~ having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
blunt
— Adjective
– English
~ devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
blunted
— Adjective
– English
~ made dull or blunt
bluntly
— Adverb
– English
~ in a blunt direct manner; "he spoke bluntly"; "he stated his opinion flat-out"; "he was criticized roundly"
bluntness
— Noun
– English
~ without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"
bluntness
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of being direct and outspoken; "the bluntness of a Yorkshireman"
blur
— Noun
– English
~ a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"
blurb
— Noun
– English
~ a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books); "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book"
blurred
— Adjective
– English
~ indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"