Definition of Blunt

1. Verb. Make less intense. "Blunted emotions"

Generic synonyms: Weaken

2. Adjective. Having a broad or rounded end. "Thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
Similar to: Pointless, Unpointed
Derivative terms: Bluntness

3. Verb. Make numb or insensitive. "The performance is likely to blunt Sue"; "The shock numbed her senses"
Exact synonyms: Benumb, Dull, Numb
Generic synonyms: Desensitise, Desensitize

4. Adjective. Used of a knife or other blade; not sharp. "A blunt instrument"
Similar to: Dull
Derivative terms: Bluntness

5. Verb. Make dull or blunt. "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
Exact synonyms: Dull
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Antonyms: Sharpen

6. Adjective. Characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion. "A point-blank accusation"

7. Verb. Make less sharp. "Blunt the knives"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify

8. Adjective. Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment. "Facing the stark reality of the deadline"
Exact synonyms: Crude, Stark
Similar to: Unconditional, Unconditioned
Derivative terms: Starkness

9. Verb. Make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation. "Deaden a sound"
Exact synonyms: Deaden
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Obtund, Petrify, Break, Damp, Dampen, Soften, Weaken
Derivative terms: Deadening
Antonyms: Enliven

Definition of Blunt

1. a. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.

2. v. t. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.

3. n. A fencer's foil.

Definition of Blunt

1. Adjective. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; not sharp. ¹

2. Adjective. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; opposed to acute. ¹

3. Adjective. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. ¹

4. Adjective. Hard to impress or penetrate. ¹

5. Adjective. Slow or deficient in feeling: insensitive ¹

6. Noun. A fencer's foil. ¹

7. Noun. A short needle with a strong point. ¹

8. Noun. (context: smoking) A marijuana cigar. ¹

9. Verb. To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt. ¹

10. Verb. (figuratively) 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. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blunt

1. not sharp or pointed [adj BLUNTER, BLUNTEST] : BLUNTLY [adv] / to make blunt [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: blunt

Medical Definition of Blunt

1. 1. Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp. "The murderous knife was dull and blunt." (Shak) 2. Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; opposed to acute. "His wits are not so blunt." (Shak) 3. Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech. "Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behavior." "A plain, blunt man." 4. Hard to impress or penetrate. "I find my heart hardened and blunt to new impressions." (Pope) Blunt is much used in composition, as blunt-edged, blunt-sighted, blunt-spoken. Synonym: Obtuse, dull, pointless, curt, short, coarse, rude, brusque, impolite, uncivil. Origin: Cf. Prov. G. Bludde a dull or blunt knife, Dan. Blunde to sleep, Sw. & Icel. Blunda; or perh. Akin to E. Blind. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blunt

blunderous
blunderously
blunders
blunge
blunged
blunger
blungers
blunges
blunging
blunk
blunked
blunker
blunkers
blunking
blunks
blunt (current term)
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blunt-end DNA
blunt-end ligation
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blunt-leaf heath
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Literary usage of Blunt

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"Towards the, close of his curate lit'«1 blunt published the 'Advantages ... blunt commenced his professorial work by a course of lectures in the Lent term ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"Henry blunt alone proved the will. Winifred blunt claimed her legacy of 10001. She never did any act with respect to the Bank Annuities : but she died on ..."

3. Modern Egypt by Evelyn Baring Cromer (1908)
"As Mr. blunt in his Secret History has narrated at length his dealings with Mr. Gladstone, who, he says (p. 869), was, in his opinion, " capable of any ..."

4. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present by Joseph Sabin, Wilberforce Eames, Bibliographical Society of America, Robert William Glenroie Vail (1873)
"Newburyport: printed by Edmund M. blunt. 18oo. 8vo, pp. 28, (1). H. DANA. ... By Joseph Dana, AM Newbury- port: Printed by blunt and March. 1795. 8vo, pp. ..."

5. A Survey of London by John Stow (1908)
"In the Postles chappell, Walter blunt knight of the Garter, ... William blunt Esquier, sonne and heyre to Walter blunt ..."

6. Pye's Surgical Handicraft: A Manual of Surgical Manipulations, Minor Surgery by Walter Pye (1893)
"blunt Pointed Tenotomy Knife. Taking as an example, a tenotomy for a simple ... He then withdraws it exactly as he put it in, and substitutes the blunt ..."

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