Definition: make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
Usage: Terror blunted her feelings; deaden a sound
Main entry: blunt
Definition: make less sharp
Usage: blunt the knives
Main entry: blunt
Definition: make less intense
Usage: blunted emotions
Definition: make dull or blunt
Usage: Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge
Main entry: dull, blunt, benumb, numb
Definition: make numb or insensitive
Usage: The shock numbed her senses
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
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
Main entry: blunt
Definition: used of a knife or other blade; not sharp
Usage: a blunt instrument
Main entry: blunt
Definition: having a broad or rounded end
Usage: thick marks made by a blunt pencil