Qualities
Synonyms for blunt
Synonyms for blunt: frank and stark. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for blunt
Interchangeable with blunt in this sense
Audited under blunt's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one blunt carries in that sense.
- frankadjective, in the sense "characterized by directness in manner or speech"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name blunt as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- starkstark is an adjective in the sense "devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment"
one of these comes from blunt's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
characterized by directness in manner or speech
A blunt New England farmer.
The true synonym
frank
Same sentence, swapped: A frank New England farmer.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for blunt in the sentence quoted.
- crude
- pointless
- objective
Where blunt turns up in the game
blunt is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where blunt is the trap
- condescendingadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is patronizing, in the sense "showing a feeling of patronizing superiority toward others", so blunt is there to be ruled out.
- moderateadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is restrained, in the sense "marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes", and blunt is one of the three tiles that lose.
- unctuousadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is smarmy, in the sense "excessively flattering or ingratiating in a way that seems insincere", so blunt is there to be ruled out.
Play blunt
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so blunt reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because qualities is the company blunt keeps.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. blunt carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.