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bluff1
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- pronunciation:
- bluhf
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a hill or shoreline with a steep face.
The guns were mounted high on the bluffs over the river.
- synonyms:
- cliff, palisade
- similar words:
- bank, cape, crag, escarpment, foreland, headland, peak, promontory, ridge, scarp, slope
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| related words: |
cliff, precipice |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
abrupt or bluntly outspoken, but good-natured.
He had a bluff manner that offended some people, but he had friends to spare.- antonyms:
- reserved, reticent
- similar words:
- candid, direct, downright, frank, offhand, open, outspoken, plain-spoken, straightforward, unceremonious, unreserved
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| definition 2: |
having a steep, nearly vertical front, as on a riverbank or coastline.
- synonyms:
- sheer
- similar words:
- abrupt, perpendicular, steep, vertical
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| related words: |
arduous, brusque, curt, forthright, raw, straight |
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