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Definition of 'blunt'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) blunt
having an obtuse, thick, or dull edge or point:
a blunt pencil.

2.  blunt
abrupt and direct in address or manner; frank.

3.  blunt
slow in perception or understanding; obtuse.

4. (v.t.) blunt
to make blunt; dull.

5.  blunt
to weaken or impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility of:
Wine in excess can blunt the senses.

6. (v.i.) blunt
to become blunt.

Etymology: (1150–1200; ME)

Definition of 'blunt'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) blunt
having a broad or rounded end
"thick marks made by a blunt pencil"

2. (adj) blunt
used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
"a blunt instrument"

3. (adj) blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder
characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion
"blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"

4. (verb) blunt, crude(a), stark(a)
devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
"the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"

5. (verb) blunt
make less intense
"blunted emotions"

6. (verb) numb, benumb, blunt, dull
make numb or insensitive
"The shock numbed her senses"

7. (verb) dull, blunt
make dull or blunt
"Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

8. (verb) blunt
make less sharp
"blunt the knives"

9. (verb) deaden, blunt
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
"Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"

Definition of 'blunt'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) blunt
not sharp
a blunt knife

2. blunt
≠ tactful
a blunt question; "I don't like her," he said bluntly.

Definition of 'blunt'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) blunt
having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp

2. (adj) blunt
dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute

3. (adj) blunt
abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech

4. (adj) blunt
hard to impress or penetrate

5. (noun) blunt
a fencer's foil

6. (noun) blunt
a short needle with a strong point. See Needle

7. (noun) blunt
money

8. (verb) blunt
to dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt

9. (verb) blunt
to repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings

Translation of 'blunt'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of objects) having no point or sharp edge a blunt knife.
Afrikaans: stomp	Arabic: غَيْرُ حادٍ، كليل، مُثَلّ	Bulgarian: тъп
Brazilian: rombudo	Czech: tupý	German: stumpf
Danish: sløv	Greek: αμβλύς, μη κοφτερός	Spanish: desafilado, despuntado
Estonian: nüri	Farsi: کند	Finnish: tylsä
French: émoussé	Hebrew: קֵהֶה	Hindi: कुंद
Croatian: tup	Hungarian: tompa	Indonesian: tumpul
Icelandic: sljór, bitlaus	Italian: smussato	Japanese: 鈍い
Korean: 무딘	Lithuanian: atšipęs, bukas	Latvian: neass; truls
Malay: tumpul	Dutch: bot	Norwegian: sløv, stump
Polish: tępy	Persian: کند	Pashto: پڅ
Portuguese: rombudo	Romanian: bont, neascuţit	Russian: тупой
Slovak: tupý	Slovenian: top	Serbian: tup
Swedish: slö, trubbig	Thai: ทื่อ	Turkish: kör, küt
Taiwanese: 鈍的	Ukrainian: тупий	Urdu: کند ،
Vietnamese: cùn	Chinese: 钝的
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