Vocabulary
unverblümt
· adjective
blunt, frank, undisguised; (as an adverb) bluntly, without mincing words
When someone says something straight out, with nothing to soften it: „jemandem unverblümt die Meinung sagen“ — literally ‘without flowers’, i.e. without flowery words.
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unverblümt
blunt, frank, undisguised; (as an adverb) bluntly, without mincing words
Es war unverblümt und ohne jede Bosheit gesagt, beinahe sachlich, so wie man jemanden darauf hinweist, dass er Spinat zwischen den Zähnen hat.
It was said bluntly and without any malice, almost matter-of-factly, the way you point out to someone that they have spinach between their teeth.
Word family
unverblümtverblümtveiled, indirectdie Blumefloweretwas durch die Blume sagento say something indirectly, to hint at it
Common combinations
- jemandem unverblümt die Meinung sagento tell someone bluntly what you think
- eine unverblümte Kritikan outspoken criticism
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offendirektschonungslos
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Real examples
- Es war unverblümt und ohne jede Bosheit gesagt, beinahe sachlich, so wie man jemanden darauf hinweist, dass er Spinat zwischen den Zähnen hat.It was said bluntly and without any malice, almost matter-of-factly, the way you point out to someone that they have spinach between their teeth.
- Sie sagte ihm unverblümt, dass sein Vortrag viel zu lang gewesen sei.She told him bluntly that his talk had been far too long.
