blank adj. 1 direct, straight, blunt, flat, straightforward, abrupt, categorical, explicit, uncompromising, unmitigated, unalloyed, downright, outright, to the point, straight from the shoulder, (open and) above-board, unreserved I asked her out to dinner and got a point-blank refusal 2 close, short, nearby He was shot at point-blank range
adv. 3 directly, straight (away), right away, bluntly, flat, flatly, abruptly, categorically, unqualifiedly, explicitly, uncompromisingly, unmitigatedly, outright,, unreservedly, plainly, frankly, openly, candidly He turned her down point-blank when she offered him the job 4 directly, straight He fired point-blank at the target