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Word Meanings - BLUFF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

face, also, a boaster; or G. verblüffen to confuse, LG. bluffen to 1. Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship. "Bluff visages." Irving. 2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. "A bluff or bold shore." Falconer. Its

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face, also, a boaster; or G. verblüffen to confuse, LG. bluffen to 1. Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship. "Bluff visages." Irving. 2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. "A bluff or bold shore." Falconer. Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and precipitous aspect. Judd. 3. Surly; churlish; gruff; rough. 4. Abrupt; roughly frank; unceremonious; blunt; brusque; as, a bluff answer; a bluff manner of talking; a bluff sea captain. "Bluff King Hal." Sir W. Scott. There is indeed a bluff pertinacity which is a proper defense in a moment of surprise. I. Taylor.

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  • BLUFF-HEADED
    Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
  • COARSE
    was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. 1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts
  • OBTUSE
    1. Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees. 2. Not having acute sensibility or perceptions; dull; stupid; as, obtuse senses. Milton. 3. Dull; deadened; as, obtuse
  • UNCIVILIZATION
    The state of being uncivilized; savagery or barbarism.
  • EDGELESS
    Without an edge; not sharp; blunt; obtuse; as, an edgeless sword or weapon.
  • BLUFFNESS
    The quality or state of being bluff.
  • POINTLESSLY
    Without point.
  • BLUNTISH
    Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.
  • UNCIVILTY
    In an uncivil manner.
  • BLUFFY
    1. Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks. 2. Inclined to bo bluff; brusque.
  • UNCIVILITY
    Incivility.
  • COARSELY
    In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
  • BLUNTLY
    In a blunt manner; coarsely; plainly; abruptly; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility. Sometimes after bluntly giving his opinions, he would quietly lay himself asleep until the end of their deliberations. Jeffrey.
  • IMPOLITE
    Not polite; not of polished manners; wanting in good manners; discourteous; uncivil; rude. -- Im`po*lite"ly, adv. -- Im`po*lite"ness, n.
  • POINTLESS
    Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark. Syn. -- Blunt; obtuse, dull; stupid.
  • OBTUSE-ANGLED; OBTUSE-ANGULAR
    Having an obtuse angle; as, an obtuse-angled triangle.
  • BLUFF
    face, also, a boaster; or G. verblüffen to confuse, LG. bluffen to 1. Having a broad, flattened front; as, the bluff bows of a ship. "Bluff visages." Irving. 2. Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. "A bluff or bold shore." Falconer. Its
  • BLUNTNESS
    1. Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness. The multitude of elements and bluntness of angles. Holland. 2. A bruptness of address; rude plainness. "Bluntness of speech." Boyle.
  • BLUFF-BOWED
    Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
  • BLUFFER
    One who bluffs.
  • HEDGELESS
    Having no hedge.
  • PLEDGELESS
    Having no pledge.

 

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