Blunt
[blʌnt]
Definition
(verb.) make less sharp; 'blunt the knives'.
(verb.) make less intense; 'blunted emotions'.
(adj.) devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; 'the blunt truth'; 'the crude facts'; 'facing the stark reality of the deadline' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; 'a blunt instrument' .
(adj.) having a broad or rounded end; 'thick marks made by a blunt pencil' .
Checker: Sumner--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
(a.) Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; -- opposed to acute.
(a.) Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
(a.) Hard to impress or penetrate.
(v. t.) To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
(v. t.) 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.
(n.) A fencer's foil.
(n.) A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
(n.) Money.
Typed by Camilla
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless.[2]. Abrupt, bluff, gruff, rough, rude, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious, bearish, discourteous, uncourteous, impolite, BRUSQUE, not gentle.
v. a. [1]. Dull, make dull.[2]. Benumb, paralyze, deaden, stupefy, obtund, hebetate; make insensible, callous, or obtuse.[3]. Moderate, allay, assuage, mitigate, quiet, alleviate, soften.
Editor: Will
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless, insensitive, bluff, coarse, impolite,plain-mannered, uncivil, rude
ANT:Sharp, keen, pointed, acute, aculeated, sensitive, polished, bland, eloquent,courteous, reserved
Typed by Jack
Definition
adj. having a dull edge or point; rough outspoken dull.—v.t. to dull the edge or point: to weaken.—n. (slang) money.—adj. Blunt′ish.—adv. Bluntly.—n. Blunt′ness.—adj. Blunt′-wit′ted (Shak.) dull stupid.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- Will you take some potage, Miss ah--Miss Blunt? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Two peculiarly blunt knocks or pokes at the door, as if the dead man arriving on his back were striking at it with the soles of his motionless feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Together with all the _then_ news of Lady Blunt's having produced at length a boy; of Dolly's being well, and of poor good Catharine's decease. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- You know your castle wouldn't be perfect without, said blunt Jo, who had no tender fancies yet, and rather scorned romance, except in books. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I'll try not to, but I'm always possessed to burst out with some particularly blunt speech or revolutionary sentiment before her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Have the irreconcilables a soul audacious and less blunted than our domesticated ones? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He has blunted the blade of his penknife and broken the point off by sticking that instrument into his desk in every direction. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Tom had been lying two days since the fatal night, not suffering, for every nerve of suffering was blunted and destroyed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In rocky or mountain regions the driven well is not practicable, because the driving point is blunted and broken by the rock and cannot pierce the rocky beds of land. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There is a poison on the tips of their little shafts, which stings a thousand times more than a man's blunter weapon. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- For the will of man is omnipotent, blunting the arrows of death, soothing the bed of disease, and wiping away the tears of agony. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Rebekah