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VERB (5)

1. make less intense;
- Example: "blunted emotions"

2. make numb or insensitive;
- Example: "The shock numbed her senses"
[syn: numb, benumb, blunt, dull]

3. make dull or blunt;
- Example: "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
[syn: dull, blunt]

4. make less sharp;
- Example: "blunt the knives"

5. make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation;
- Example: "Terror blunted her feelings"
- Example: "deaden a sound"
[syn: deaden, blunt]


ADJECTIVE (4)

1. having a broad or rounded end;
- Example: "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"

2. used of a knife or other blade; not sharp;
- Example: "a blunt instrument"

3. characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion;
- Example: "blunt talking and straight shooting"
- Example: "a blunt New England farmer"
- Example: "I gave them my candid opinion"
- Example: "forthright criticism"
- Example: "a forthright approach to the problem"
- Example: "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"
- Example: "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"
- Example: "plainspoken and to the point"
- Example: "a point-blank accusation"
[syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder]

4. devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment;
- Example: "the blunt truth"
- Example: "the crude facts"
- Example: "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
[syn: blunt, crude(a), stark(a)]

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