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blunt
/blʌnt/
adj 5noun 5verb 2name 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
dull, fringe, grey, insensitive, reassuring
VERB + BLUNT
doesn't, draw, fired, gave, hit, killed, need, pencil
BLUNT + NOUN
angles, balcony, front, snout, weapon
PREP.
in, in, on, up, with
ADV.
only, rather
Definitions
adj
1
Having a thick edge or point; not sharp.
The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
2
Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute.
His wits are not so blunt.
3
Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting in the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
I was taken aback by the blunt admission that he had never liked my company.
a plain, blunt man
4
Hard to impress or penetrate.
December 30, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions.
5
Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive.
noun
1
A fencer's practice foil with a soft tip.
2
A short needle with a strong point.
3
A marijuana cigar.
[…] to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!”
4
Money.
Down he goes to the Commons, to see the lawyer and draw the blunt[…]
5
A playboating move resembling a cartwheel performed on a wave.
verb
1
To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
2
To repress or weaken; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of
It blunted my appetite.
My feeling towards her have been blunted.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
verb — make less lively, intense, or vigorous
verb — make dull or blunt
adjective — characterized by directness in manner or speech
- candid
- forthright
- frank
- free-spoken
- outspoken
- plainspoken
- point-blank
- straight-from-the-shoulder
Antonyms
- enliven
- liven
- invigorate
- animate
- sharpen
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The murderous knife was dull and blunt.
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The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent
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The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight
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[…] to make his point, lead rapper B-Real fired up a blunt in front of the cameras and several hundred thousand people and announced, “I'm taking a hit for every one of y'all!”
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Down he goes to the Commons, to see the lawyer and draw the blunt[…]
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It blunted my appetite.
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