Bluff and Mean

Bluff

Bluff adjective - Being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner.

Mean and bluff are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Bluff".

Nearby Words: bluffing, bluffer, bluffed, bluffy

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

Bluff and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bluff" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

How words are described

good good bluff good mean
obvious obvious bluff obvious mean
real real bluff real mean
big big bluff big mean
Other adjectives: huge, larger, giant.

Common collocations

someone bluff someone mean someone
number bluff number mean number
time bluff time mean time
use bluff use mean use
Other words: way, anyone, son.

Both words in one sentence

  • All the supposed suspects were in on it (the bluff I mean).
  • Film / The Rock Government that they mean business in contrast to Hummel's bluff.
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