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
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