I have a friend who just keeps "telling the truth", e.g when he thinks the joke you've just told is stupid, he will say so right after you've finished telling it, paying no respect to people's feelings.
How should I describe him ?
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Related: What connotation do these words describing “someone who straightforwardly expresses their” opinion have?– CallithumpianCommented Jun 3, 2012 at 17:00
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Blunt.
It is defined as: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; abrupt and often disconcertingly frank in speech
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1"I'm always frank and earnest with women. Uh, in New York I'm Frank, and Chicago I'm Ernest." (Sam Jackson as Mitch Henessey, The Long Kiss Goodnight)– MT_HeadCommented Jun 3, 2012 at 20:22
Some might say he is direct or tactless or free with his opinions
others might say he just "calls'em like he sees'em" or that he holds nothing back
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1I'll pick blunt , but your second statement was awesome as well , thanks !– daisyCommented Jun 3, 2012 at 0:24
Your friend is uncouth and has no tact.
If this insensitive disposition seems rooted in immaturity, he might also be described as callow.
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2@tchrist: Actually, I meant callow, as in "juvenile; very immature." If a 15-year-old was being tactless, I might chalk it up to his youth and immaturity. (If it was a 35-year-old who should know better, then callous might be the better adjective).– J.R.Commented Jun 3, 2012 at 0:36
Mean, brutal, merciless, thoughtless, and heartless all come to mind. There is no virtue in being unkind.
I would say that your friend is "frank to a fault."
Wiktionary defines "to a fault" as "used to modiy an adjective which describes some desirable or otherwise positive characteristic," etc.
