blunt

adjective

  1. 1

    devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

    the blunt truth

    the crude facts

  2. 2

    characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

    blunt talking and straight shooting

    a blunt New England farmer

  3. 3

    used of a knife or other blade; not sharp

    a blunt instrument

  4. 4

    having a broad or rounded end

    thick marks made by a blunt pencil

verb

  1. 1

    make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

    Terror blunted her feelings

    deaden a sound

  2. 2

    make less sharp

    blunt the knives

  3. 3

    make less intense

    blunted emotions

  4. 4

    make dull or blunt

    Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge

  5. 5

    make numb or insensitive

    The shock numbed her senses

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