Antonyms for blunt

Antonyms for (verb) blunt

Main entry: deaden, blunt

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

Usage: Terror blunted her feelings; deaden a sound

Antonyms: liven, liven up, invigorate, animate, enliven

Definition: make lively


Main entry: dull, blunt

Definition: make dull or blunt

Usage: Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge

Antonyms: sharpen

Definition: make sharp or sharper


Antonyms for (adj) blunt

Main entry: blunt

Definition: used of a knife or other blade; not sharp

Usage: a blunt instrument

Antonyms: sharpen

Definition: make sharp or sharper


Antonyms: bright

Definition: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts


Antonyms: sharp

Definition: having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing


Antonyms: sharp

Definition: keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point


Antonyms: lively

Definition: full of life and energy


Main entry: blunt, candid, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder, outspoken, forthright, frank, free-spoken

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

Usage: 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

Antonyms: indirect

Definition: not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination


Antonyms: alternating

Definition: (of a current) reversing direction


Antonyms: indirect

Definition: extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action


Antonyms: inverse

Definition: opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity


Antonyms: retrograde

Definition: moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth


Main entry: stark, blunt, crude

Definition: devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

Usage: the blunt truth; the crude facts; facing the stark reality of the deadline

Antonyms: conditional

Definition: imposing or depending on or containing a condition


Antonyms: learned, conditioned

Definition: established by conditioning or learning


Main entry: blunt

Definition: having a broad or rounded end

Usage: thick marks made by a blunt pencil

Antonyms: pointed

Definition: having a point


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