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Antonyms for bluntness:


noun truthfulness, candidness

corruption
disgrace
dishonesty
dishonor
disloyalty
distrust
evil
falsehood
immorality
unfairness
unjustness
artifice
cheating
deceit
deception
duplicity
fraud
fraudulence
lying
treachery

noun honesty

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

noun honesty

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

noun impoliteness

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

Examples of uses:

Please bear with my bluntness if I get straight to the point.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Forgive my bluntness, Lieutenant, but I was just about to fail you!
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Forgive my bluntness, and with all due respect but vote yes, or you won't be on the ballot in two years.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Forgive the bluntness, but if I'm to be in this business I shall feel responsible for the girl.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Forgive my bluntness here, but... do you have any idea what you're getting into?
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
We got your note, and forgive my bluntness, but we really need to know everything about your encounter with the Ancients, beginning at the point where you went back in time.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
The reason behind it all, excuse my bluntness is that I wish to be kept informed about the activities of my competitors.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
Forgive my bluntness, but an effete band of pretend soldiers.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
In fact, your bluntness made me reconsider some of my positions.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf
You'll forgive my bluntness, but that's not our problem.
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Corpus name: OpenSubtitles2018. License: not specified. References: http://opus.nlpl.eu/OpenSubtitles2018.php, http://stp.lingfil.uu.se/~joerg/paper/opensubs2016.pdf

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