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Blunt

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Definitions for Blunt

verb
make less intense
Examples
  1. blunted emotions
verb
make numb or insensitive
Synonyms
numb benumb dull
Examples
  1. The shock numbed her senses
verb
make dull or blunt
Synonyms
dull
Examples
  1. Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
verb
make less sharp
Examples
  1. blunt the knives
verb
make less lively, intense, or vigorous
Synonyms
deaden
Examples
  1. impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
  2. Terror blunted her feelings
  3. deaden a sound
adjective
having a broad or rounded end
Examples
  1. thick marks made by a blunt pencil
adjective
used of a knife or other blade
Examples
  1. not sharp
  2. a blunt instrument
adjective
characterized by directness in manner or speech
Synonyms
candid forthright frank free-spoken outspoken plainspoken point-blank straight-from-the-shoulder
Examples
  1. without subtlety or evasion
  2. blunt talking and straight shooting
  3. a blunt New England farmer
  4. I gave them my candid opinion
  5. forthright criticism
  6. a forthright approach to the problem
  7. tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank
  8. it is possible to be outspoken without being rude
  9. plainspoken and to the point
  10. a point-blank accusation
adjective
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
Synonyms
crude(a) stark(a)
Examples
  1. the blunt truth
  2. the crude facts
  3. facing the stark reality of the deadline

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