blunt and frank
1blunt´ness — blunt «bluhnt», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. without a sharp edge or point: »He sharpened the blunt knife. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under dull. (Cf. ↑dull) 2. Figurative. saying what one thinks very frankly, without trying to be tactful; outspoken; …
2blunt´ly — blunt «bluhnt», adjective, verb. –adj. 1. without a sharp edge or point: »He sharpened the blunt knife. SYNONYM(S): See syn. under dull. (Cf. ↑dull) 2. Figurative. saying what one thinks very frankly, without trying to be tactful; outspoken; …
3blunt — [[t]blʌnt[/t]] adj. blunt•er, blunt•est, v. 1) having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point: a blunt pencil[/ex] 2) abrupt and direct in address or manner; frank 3) slow in perception or understanding; obtuse 4) to make blunt; dull 5) to weaken …
4Frank Sartor — Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix = name=Frank Ernest Sartor caption= nationality=Australian order2=NSW Minister for Planning, Redfern Waterloo the Arts term start2 = August 2004 (Redfern Waterloo) September 2005 (Planning) April 2007 (Arts)… …
5frank — adj Frank, candid, open, plain are comparable when they mean showing in speech, looks, and manners the willingness to tell what one feels or thinks. Frank stresses lack of reserve or of reticence in the expression of one s thoughts or feelings;… …
6Frank Olson — (July 17 1910 ndash; November 28 1953) was a U.S. Army scientist who died under mysterious circumstances while undertaking secret research with the U.S. Army.Olson s death was initially ruled a suicide, but this verdict has been… …
7frank — frank1 [fraŋk] adj. [ME < OFr franc, free, frank < ML francus < LL Francus, a Frank, hence free man (i.e., member of the ruling race in Gaul) < Gmc * Frank (> OHG Franco) < ? or akin to * franco, a spear, javelin > OE franca …
8blunt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dull, deaden, numb; moderate. adj. dull; direct; brusque; undiplomatic, forthright. See bluntness, discourtesy, insensibility, moderation. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dull] Syn. dull, unsharpened,… …
9Frank Stronach — Infobox Person name = Frank Stronach image size = caption = birth date = birth date and age|1932|9|6 birth place = Kleinsemmering, Austria flagicon|Austria death date = death place = occupation = Businessman: Auto parts manufacturing Thoroughbred …
10blunt — Synonyms and related words: KO, abate, abrupt, affectless, aggressive, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, anesthetized, arctic, artless, assuage, attemper, attenuate, autistic, bank the fire, bate, bearish, beastly, bedaze, benumb, besot, bluff,… …
