Blunt
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A fencer's foil. A short needle with a strong point. A marijuana cigar.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; not sharp. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. Hard to impress or penetrate. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive
Example sentence: Everyone appreciates me for my honesty. Why shouldn't I speak my mind? I will not say I am blunt. I don't speak about others.
Point-blank
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: In a direct manner, without hesitation.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: very close; not touching but not more than a few metres (yards).the distance between a firearm and a target where a projectile in flight is expected to strike the centre of the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm.Disconcertingly straightforward or blunt.