BLUNT
\blˈʌnt], \blˈʌnt], \b_l_ˈʌ_n_t]\
Definitions of BLUNT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
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used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"
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make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
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make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
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make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
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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".
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having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
By Princeton University
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make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
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characterized by disconcerting 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"
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used of a knife or other blade; not sharp; "a blunt instrument"
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having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"; "a blunt instrument"
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make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
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make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
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make dull or blunt, as of sharp edges or knives' blades
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
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Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
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Hard to impress or penetrate.
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To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
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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.
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A fencer's foil.
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A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
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Money.
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Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; - opposed to acute.
By Oddity Software
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Having a thick edge or point, as an instrument; dull; not sharp.
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Abrupt in address; plain; unceremonious; wanting the forms of civility; rough in manners or speech.
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Hard to impress or penetrate.
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To dull the edge or point of, by making it thicker; to make blunt.
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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.
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A fencer's foil.
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A short needle with a strong point. See Needle.
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Money.
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Dull in understanding; slow of discernment; stupid; - opposed to acute.
By Noah Webster.
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Having a thick or rounded edge or point; not sharp; dull in understanding; stupid; abrupt in speech or manner; plain-spoken.
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To dull the edge or point of; to make weaker or less keen.
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To become dull; lose keenness.
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Bluntly.
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Bluntness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Bluntly.
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Bluntness.
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Having a dull edge or point: rough, outspoken, dull.
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To dull the edge or point: to weaken.
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BLUNTISH.
By Daniel Lyons
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Bluntly.
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Bluntness.
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To make dull.
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To make or become blunt; dull.
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Having a thick end or edge; not sharp; dull.
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Abrupt in manner; plain - spoken; brusk.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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