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blunt   (TTS Sound)

The verb blunt has 5 senses

• blunt -- (make less intense; "blunted emotions")


• numb, benumb, blunt, dull -- (make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses")


• dull, blunt -- (make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge")


• blunt -- (make less sharp; "blunt the knives")


• deaden, blunt -- (make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound")

The adj blunt has 4 senses

• blunt -- (having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil")


• blunt -- (used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument")


• blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder -- (characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "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")


• blunt, crude, stark -- (devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline")